Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-17

f,e.meo Of ouior IN our land 10 make u their
own. and 10 cover IL with the dressings oi Il.
berty aud the hsblia'ons Of civilized aud Chfis-
tan men.
LIBRA, Fttrinry 10, 1879
I have at length gotten through win this
much talked "a African fever aud, hiiet al,
do nut think II any great thing. ohroina
or Georgia fever j. Isi rs bad, and rs ioi an
Alabama fever. II would be worth two Of IT.
I continued To use precautions and take msh'.
cines for six weeks after my arrival, md en-.
joyed perfect health but at length became IL
red and cnrelcss, aud the consequence was
the fever. was well taken cafe of. aud bad
every attention thai conli be afforded. and since
am through with it, am glad have had u,
~ il will exempt me entirely from Il hereafter
A soon as had finished my BUSINESS win
the Shark, and she had sailed, determined
10 sci of on an exploring expedition up the n.
Panl's. which had been hitherto uncrplorcd bs
civilized man, except 10 Millsbufg. the hrHh OF
safe navigation. | lcii this the day previous
80 rs 10 take fair starr from hIlisbnrg, our
f,on.ier posi-. The river from is mouth Is most
hbeauiifil. its banks are high aud broker, and
covered with the most jense aud Vartgaleh
verdure Along the banks here aud there, We
observed an African town, With the matched
huis ,nlcrmingrd with the broad green leal OF
the planiain. Of which The beautiful pra.grfen
color distinguishes II from all surrounding 'ef-
DUR.
On our anproaeh 10 one Of ihcte villages
which Is always announced by our boaiman
with their AGiean Boat Song. We Esnralls
found I'll Tho inhahtant. men women aud chill
dren assembled on he beach 'osee h receive rs.
II yon stop ,ou are Immediately carrid 10 the
King or head.tnaa's house. wftr YOU are 20
peeied 10 make hina dash or present before
ans thing Is SAID ar done. II on a friendly
visit, Il is small, mud is returned hy II dash Oh
the other pari Bot II 81 business. aud yon
bn,o any great object 10 effect, your ddShG
must be large aud numerous, aud ihen you
receive nothing IN frintn.
Amer passing hnlfn dozen of these villages
on the 81 panl's, and ascending 20 mlics we
arrived u, Alisburg, where we slept IN cOun-
Try fashion, but had u good supprc f,om oaf
store basket IN the morning early We left tie
settlement with our little party. (Which soon
however, magnilie itself into IA pretty large
one rs the natives shy, 10 go into .he hush.
One OF the most enlsrp ising OF our settlers had
penetrated nlong one OF the branches nf the ri
yer, by following the path. mnde 10y thu wild
cattle foi about Two miles aud we determined
10 follow tue same path ~ In, n II would lead
MS. As the underwood here Is the mosi dense
procedure Is 10 send forward, 10 clear the path.
two or three Of the natives with Their short
strait cullasses. with which thay open the path
with great facility. By thus cutting a passage
iht ough the underwood, without cutting the
large trees or shrubbrry, perfect HicOvo "
formed, aud you are entirely protected from
| the &C iou OF the sun, which is only now aad
then visible through an Opening in tho trees,
! When we had advanced about two miles
on our route, we Dame 10 point where the ~,
! Pnul's was joined bvn considerable stream
which we M first included was river frn,n the
| North hui upon ascending the riyer 10 n high
| rr point. we asrerjalned thai il was uul, u
! branch which was separated nbevc AID united
| ~ this spnt We were exceedingly nnxious 10
cross the river, In survey the beautiful island
| opposite; but rs there wR, no other means oi
| getting over, except by native bridge, We had
TO abandon the idra. The native bridges are
CONTRACTED of rRinn or country rope aud con.
sis merely OF cords drawn across the river 10
prevent the current from sweeping the swim
mrr down, aud are sometimes TO The unskIlfnl
more dangerous lhan useful was nsonishcd 10
fad the ST, Paul's hero, contrary To my espec
tatlons. most clpnr aud limpid. hluM OF the
African rivers ne ,nid 10 be iurbid and mud.
! d, but IN the - Z uul's the bottom was Viz,
ble al % feet, mud thr fish which were n,,nar :
uns, could bo seen ior many yards from rs
| As We advanced further on Our route III he nor.
| tbern branch, winch We determined 10 pursue
I'LL we come 10 The maln stream again. our pat,
was crossed by many more recent wild cattle
tracks, all lcading "a, or from, the river, and
Ne occasionally saw the broad FOOT PRINT
OF an elephant. Alter following the course
of this branch of the river for two hours. WE
found that we "onld have To leave il. or devil
ate from The course by which We expected 10
strike The ST. Paul above, where :he natives
| Told us u made great sweep or bend and
| g made trouhle o, fuss We therefore left the
river aud kept on nO,thward by n cattle path,
winch snon brought us to n prairie This was
evidently an artificial pare and the numsr
GUS palm and cntion hees, soon convinced lis
thai this had ut some former period, been III p
seat OF an EXTENSIVE aud Populous native settle
mrnt The appea anee of the solitary palm
trre, is most truly mniesSc. IL "A plain on
which There Is no shrub SIN feel high a
hall dozen Of theSe fine trees will elevate their
smonth round trunks without branch, 50 or
loolcct. aud then expanding their heads by
opening their broad pea-green leaves they
form beautiful umbrella, sUme tweny or 80
feet IN diameter Alter following strait line
through the praIic, which appeared TO have
been the iavorIle reSnrt OF the Wild cattle aud
elephants, about I'VE or three hours walk, we
began 10 hear the roar OF the ca,aract aud nov
became convinced that We had taken the pro.
per course and would soon again be in sight OF
he river.
The river broke upon our view just as we
had ascended the height of a considerable
mountain, which appeared TO thrust ilselfmme.
dlalely IN Our path, From this height. which
Is nearly 200 feet, had view OF the ST. Paurs
, only intercepted here and there nv III, densil '
OF the foliage. | now found what the natives
had described as tremendous cataract or
tall. was merely rapids in the river produced
, by The sudden obstruct ION ofils course offered
by the chain of hills on the point OF which
then stood. As soon as was able tfor we had
, all been completely broken down in the ascent \
. | commenced The descent to the river, down =
bank 50 steep, that nothing hut strict adher
ence TO the underwood could save us from f,l
ling down the declivity We had here man,
amusing incidents, little native boy, who's,
= sole duty il appeared was to carry small mo,