The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

sufferings in dismal howls half stifled in the utterance.
Some of the men were nearly as much affected.
M ost fortunately, after such fearful risks—the
whole party, both man and beast, escaped with life,
and this was one of several occasions on which Mr.
Anderson's humanity overcame his eager desire to
press forward. In the earlier part of his journey
the obstacles offered by the roads were serious.

A ROUGH ROAD.
After a few days' stay on the Omaruru river, we took our
departure again for the north. The rains had now ceased
to annoy us, or at least fell only in such limited quantities
as not to impede our progress. But this was only ehang/ng.
one evil for another, for harassing thorn jungles at present,
beset us on every side. Hitherto we had, by choping awayan occasional bush or two, managed to get through cora•
fortably enough, but now the country had become densely
wooded and continued to be so for a very considerable dis-
tance. Indeed, fur upwards of one hundred miles we hadliterally to cut our way step by step ;it was not mere bushes
either that we had to clear away, but trees also, varying,
from a few inches to as much as two feet in diameter. pick
and crowbar (for fortunately I had taken the precaution to
be pretty well provided with road making implernento,
were besides frequently put into requisition—in short, I
was chop, pick, and heave the livelong day, from sunrise to
sunset. It was most severe and harassing work. The
waggon sail, which was made of the best ship's canvas, wa:
torn to shreds—a good criterion of the terrible uncouth'
ness of the country. For fear of being without a roof alto-
• gether, we were obliged to patch up, as we went along;
the ragged sail with the skins of the slaughtered sheep 811'1
goats.
On a similar occasion the traveller once made an ela'
borate calculation. He says, "I had the curiosity to
count the number of bushes (and trees) cut down in
order to open out a path to a certain distance. i
this calculation I invariably found in 300 yards, 17`'
bushes felled ; that is, about 1,000 bushes a wile'
I reckoned besides four stalks to each bush, a very
low computation, which gave 4,000 distinct branches,
every stalk or branch (varying from the size of a '
finger to that of a man's leg), usually requiring
from three to four strokes of the axe; thus one a%e
must actually have descended 12,000 time,s in the
course of' a single mile. Conceive the incredible
amount of labour the passage of one such mile sup'
poses : indeed, we are just now proceeding some'
thing short of a snail's pace." We have, however,
about 200 miles of this sort of country to traverse
before we reach our journey's end, so that in round
numbers there must be 2,400,000 strokes.of one axe,
or 1,200,000 to each of two axes (the number usu-
ally employed), delivered, and no less than 200,000
bushes and trees cut down before we can get over
this space. And this work was successfully per-
formed." The hunting adventures of course occupy
a large portion of the volume., Here is an en-
counter with a rhinoceros.
A FORMIDABLE ENEMY.
1 had taken a step or two forward, and was in some mew'
sure hidden from the animal by a small tree, when sud-
denly I observed my attendants wheel about and retreat
precipitately. Not seeing the cause of their sudden flight
(though of course suspecting it) I stood my ground, whe,ll,
all at once I caught sight of the brute protruding his
head within a few paces of my person. As he was coining
right at me, I deemed it, under the circumstances, impru-
dent to are, and quickly took to my heels. He followed r 4
his best pace, which was really very rapid, considering his
crippled condition. In my hurried flight my wide-a-we°
blew off my head, and fell right in the path of the pursuing,
beast, who pulled up abruptly at the sight of it. Swift O'S
thought I turned on my heels and fired, but fairly, I be-
lieve, missed, for the monster at once dashed forward agel,h,
snortly violently. After running for a short distance he
again halted, but kept looking about him in a very restless
manner. I then crept cautiously up to within about 100
yards of him, and just as for a moment he exposed hie
broadside full towards me, I fired. He dropped dead to th
shot.
The hunter's attendant was, however, killed by this
animal.
We found this poor fellow, as I have said, lying under e
bush with his head close upon the ground. Had he through'
out kept his position—and probably he did so—it soon!
impossible that the rhinoceros should have seen or smelt
him, especially as the wind was in the man's favour. It 15
my belief, therefore, that the beast was accidentally pass-
ing the spot, and finding his victim in his path had acci-
dentally, as it were, destroyed him. The animal, from the
moment I fired at him the first time until his death 11.0111
the second shot, had never stopped running. The accw
racy with which he had hit upon the unfortunate man we
consequently the more remarkable. If the man had virn"
fully placed himself before him and said, 66 Now try to de
your best to hit me here in the head," he could not 110
succeeded better. There was one poor consolation
Kozengo's untimely end, viz., he had died instantaneously'
He had not had time even to utter a cry; and the agony of
death was over the instant it was felt.
Lions and lion hunts are of frequent recurrence'
and numerous tales are told displ.aying the ferocity
of some of these creatures. Leopards, giratresd.
and other animals were also objects of purszlit, and
the sportsman will be keenly interested in these
exploits. Other dangers existed in the tieaeherl
and enmity of the natives. We have r°,t Bljahei:
to quote the exciting account
dealings with these savages, or of
the little
fortified camp which was surrounded by Incendiary'
fires. Mr. Andersson does not excel in !style;
work is the plain recital of a traveller's adventures,
which occasional attempts at fine writing do not
improve. The narrative is, however, happily inde-
pendent of any extraneous advantage, from the
vivid interest attaching to the story and the value
of the information given. The last few chapters
take a survey of the chief points of interest along
the south-west coast of Africa, and give extracts
from the accounts of other voyagers. There are
some particulars also of the island of Ichaboe,
famous for its guano. We must not omit to men-
tion the large and handsome plates which add
greatly to the attractions of the volume. Tales of
travel and adventure possess peculiar fascinations,
and as the wastes of Central Africa have recently
engaged so much attention, we cannot doubt that
Mr. Andersson's interesting narrative will soon be
in the hands of a very large class of readers.

THE INDIAN FAMINE BELIEF FUIVM

•
• 430 n Saturday evening, -by the mail which left for
Calcutta, an additional sum of Ll,OOO was fbrwardea
from the Mansien House to the relief comnaitteeill
that city towards the further relief of the. suffererl
from famine in Upper India.' ,This makes the total,
sum forwarded to India by the central committee
'in London £107,500, exclusive of the large
contributions, amounting to neariy £50,000 ,10
the aggregate; which have been sent direct frola
Liverpool, Dublin, INlanchcster, Edinburgh,
.and Glasgow: Since the subject 'iv°
last noticed in • this journal additional sums'
amounting in the whole to £2,138 175.,
have bee?
received at the ManSion-house, including £412 odd,
a balance from Oldham ; £834 from British Guialoq;
£236 odd from Paris (through Galignani) ; £2'
from Geneva ; £23 from Malaga ; and £448 'creel
Rio de Janeiro.
The Lord Mayor has received a letter from gr'
Edmonstone, the, Lieutenant-Governor of the
North-Western Provinces, dated from NEWT,
'pal, on the 17th of June, acknowledging the
receipt by him, from the committee of tbe
Mansion • House, -of the further sums of £15,000t
£lO,OOO, £10,900, and £5,000. ' The Lieutenant-
Governor expresses his grateful sense of the gene'
rens sympathy which the people of England We
manifested i 9 .the distressthathas prevailed in parte
of those prGvinces, and of the noble liberality with
whicluthey have come forward to aid in its relief. He
ventures to indulge the hope that those on whose be'
half this liberality has been exercised will appreciate
the efforts that have been made to help them in theft
hour ofneed; and will show- forth their gratitude
in a willing Obedience and a true fidelity to tile
Government which it has pleased God to plecf
over them. The measures of relief, he adds, whic'
were described in a former communication, are
still in operation, but on a somewhat more extended
scale. Additional relief-houses have been estab:
lished in the interior of some districts ; local wurh:
have been opened ,out in others ; and, as they ar;
amply supplied with funds, it has been resolveu
that a portion of them shall be devoted to the re'
placement of farm-stock and cattle, and to the grt:
vv.w-
tuitous distribution of seed-grain to those
were unable to, provide themselves with either'
TO all appearance the rains of the season had set
On the 3d of June the rain, which had fallen beavill
during the; preceding week, cleared off, and there
was a break of dry cloudless weather until thel4th, when it recommenced. Since that time there
had been heavy falls daily, unaccompanied blr
thunder or litning or other indications of theL
being bat temporary. So far as Mr. Edmonstone
experience and judgment guide him he was die-
posed to think that if those falls had extended prettl..
generally to the plains, they might be regarded
the commencement of the usual rainy season, and this;
immediate resumption of agricultural operations 0.11"
over the country might be expected. If the rain.
should have been general the effect would be
shortly seen in the diminished numbers attendiq
the poorhouses, and in the withdrawal of wan/
from the public relief works. The Lieut.-Governor
further states that the Calcutta Relief Committee
had lately remitted to him LlOOOO, the distribui
tion of which had been entrusted to the Coon
Relief Committee at Agra, to whose well-directed
exertions the Governmeiit and the people of th°
distressed districts are much indebted.

already mentio....neCdC2ltDhEeNpTit AmTouGthLwArs OcWlos.—ed
THE PIT ACCIDENT
afternoon, and will remain so till to -day, when the pit bot-
tom will be again inspected. The Government inspect °r"
Mr. Williams, visited the place on Thursday afternoon, bll'
of course he can do nothing by way of inspection till access
is attained to tho pit. Several of the dead were buried yes-
terday. Four of the colliers are still in a very prec,ariou.;
Aons Twheurbstdc;
condition. Hopes are entertained that three of them ivi 1
recqver, but the fourth is not expected to survive. The
attention and efforts of Dr. Weir, of Larkhall, will not sOOO
be forgotten. Mrs. Hozier, of Mauldsley, visited the
scene
of the catastrophe and administered relief to the suffere::
The Rev. Messrs. Sherar, Findlay, and Crichton, fLar ,
hall, have also visited them daily, and, attended both 1;
their spiritual and temporal neceesities,—.lYorth Rill P