Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-04-18
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Scenes within the Tropics. if
Bayard Taylor has seen more of this
mother earth Of ours Than any American
and probably as much as any traveller ol
Europe. We clip gorgeous description
Of The scenery on the Island Of Salanga
near ihe coast Of Malacca. Barring the H.
gers, which eat up three hundred people an
nually, i, must be most delightful place fol
q residence.--O, s. jour-
a, When the, steamer came TO anchor, and
we were informed that seven hours was the
lim;gof our stay. determined TO visit The
ssigpa] station on the summit Of the highest
ipeak. Of ,he island, abou. eight miles distant
and, sci off at once, in company with one
of the officers. We landed al a liule wooden
,ie..y, where slnumberiofs ligh, ,garrees, with
a pony harnessed 10 each, were collected in
,an,icipa,ion of employment. One. Of the
passeneers, who was stationed At Penang,
eatadsd lwo sSddle ponies for ns, and 'des.
Taschad shehi in ad fance, 10 await US at the
iSDt 81 lhe mouniain, while we proceeded
ihisher III d garree. The road was 'admira.
BILE, and the pMarsy groom, running at the
pony,s head, propelled him forward even ,oo
fas, for our liking. The purity Of the air
the cloudless beauty Of the day, and the glo.
rious groves of balm and bloom-of deep
green shades, and glossy luslres, and gor.
geous coloring- through which we drove,
have never been surpassed, in all my expe.
rience Of the tropics. though. then, and
think so still, iha, Penang is the most beau
viful island in The world. The dwellings Of
the English residents are large, airy bunga.
lows, empowered in gardens and surrounded
by groves Of cocoa and area palm, the nut
meg and breadfruit trees. The native town
inhabited by Chinese and Malays.is small
and lies close upon the water, bu, Tor miles
around il extends succession Of beautiful
residences and rich plantations. reaching ,c
ahe foo, OF The hills. The Chinese houses
scattered along the road, with their greut red
tierogIyphics, and the queer, solemnly stu
pid yellow faces OF their inmates, catch the
eve of travellers from the west, and tell that
he has q, las, reached the borders Of the Fal
East ,~,.. l1n ,s.,. .-i
. After drive Of four miles, we entered Q
little dell, where stream OF water, steal.
ing through the woods, fell over the rocks
in O miniature cascade. Several liule Ma
lay youths were bathing in the shallow pool
a, It's loot, and their glowing brown bodies
glis,ened in The sun. Here we mounted oul
ponies. and commenced .he ascent. The
path wound backward and forward through
dense thickets, between banks covered with
gigantic fern, ill il attained ridgy spur OIL
mountain, which i, followed up 10 the cen.
Wal nights. We soon entered the forest
whica gradually became so dense and dark
us TO shui ou, every ray oil the sun. Trees
of thick glossy foliage, mingled their tops {
hundred feet above our heads, and in .hei
shape arose luxuriant underground. Fernl
whose fronds we're frequently from ten Il
fifteen feet in length, bent their archinE
pIumes above our heads; strange plants. o
new and graceful form, clustered on ei.he
hand. and birds Of bright plumage dared II
and out Of the foliage. There was one, hid
den in The lhckeis shades, whose clear. pro
longed, bell-like noIe, rang continually
through the forest--a wild. wizard call
which oyerhowed all the air, and was taker
up in one spot as soon as it ceased in an
other.
We had advanced in this way about twt
miles, when an opening in the trees dis
closed view 10 the south, into the heart o
valley Of more than Arcadian loveliness
Ii might have been three miles in length b,
less than mile in breadth. and the orchart
Of palm, orange and pine trees which GOV
cred It's lap, almos. concealed the dwelling
Of The planters. Il lay between hills Of bill
lowy green, which uniting at the farther end
formed n gorge or gateway Of forests
ihrough hich shone the dark blue spher
of the sea. 1t was landscape from III
paradise of dreams, basking in the light Q
its own serene and perfect beauty. As
looked down on 1t from that window of tn
region of shade, could have believed thu
stood on The Delec.able Mountains, an
.ha. the valleys Of the Lend Of Beulah wer
u. my feet.
Again we plunged into the depth Of th
forest, and after Two miles more Of climbing
which moisiened every hair in the coats q
our sturdy little ponies, reached the flag staff
$500 feet above the sea. Here shere is
summer residence Of the Governor, and ha
dozen private bungalows. The pure al
OF the heights, with the refreshing tempers
ture, which stands at from 10 10 90 deg. dr
ring the whole year, make this most d.
ligktful place Of resort. climbed 10 til
cross-wess Of the flagstaff, in order TO g
an uninterrupted view Of The whole summe
panorama. The lowlands Of Penang, wit
its orchards and gardens, lay at my feel
across The strait stretched many league
forest, divided here and there by the CLEAN
ing windings Of rivers, aud far back in ii
vapory distarce arose the mountain spine,
the Malayan. Peninsula, The south or
west, over scattered island cones Of verdur
curved a grea, hemisphere Of sea, behr
which, hidden by the warm monday haz
were the mountains Of Sumatra. Tha. pa
of the peninsula lying opposite 10 Penar
has been acquired by the East India Con
pany and erected into province, with Il
title Of Wellesley; further south Malacca al
Singapore are English dependencies; d
gap between Arracan and Tennaserim hi
been filed up by the recent annexation
Pegu, and now, Of two thousand miles
coast line between Calcu,la and Singapor
there Is not more than two hundred, 10 whit
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