Narrative of a Journey to Musardu; Graphic Relief Plates

Download or read book Narrative of a Journey to Musardu; Graphic Relief Plates written by Benjamin J. K. Anderson and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... side and fifteen feet on the other, with a velocity of forty feet in fifteen seconds. The stream is ten feet deep in this place, and is known to overflow its banks on the eight-foot side in the depths of the rains. It is crossed on slender poles tied together. Only one person can cross at a time; and just as the burdened traveler reaches the middle, he is' arrested by a ticklish swaying that threatens to unbalance him into the waters below; here he dares not move until the restive poles regain their quiet. It has blighted many a prospect, or rather melted many a basket of salt. In days gone by, it was crossed by a suspension-bridge of wicker work, elevated fifteen feet above the surface, as appeared by the remains of logs and withes. This stream separates the Pessy country at this point from the Deh country. The Deb people are a small tribe intervening between the Pessy and Bonsie people. They seem to be a distinct people, and speak a strong, rough, guttural language, similar to our Kroo tribe on the coast, whom they resemble in many other particulars. They have more fire in their eyes than the Pessy people, and are said to eat their enemies in war. After a half-hour's walk, we passed through the Dey villages of Mue Zue and Yalah, and halted at Dallazeab. The Deh people, in proffering their hospitalities, offered us dog for dinner, whicb was politely declined. On Thursday, the 2d of July, we started from Dallazeah. Farms of rice, corn, cotton, and tobacco succeeded each other in an order truly pleasing to look at. The people are very industrious. The women, on seeing me, began to tremble with fear; apd though some of my people, with whom they were well acquainted, tried to assure them, they could not be persuaded to approach me. Keeping...