The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-15

orunkenpess and every other vioe me only LABOR We
sss pert on the passage VI. an old woman nhing
Their costume 10 eimple-a pair u pants and sometimes
the men loose calico gown for the women the
children are IN = state Of nudity
Birds o the most beautiful plumage fit nom bush 70
bnsh and tree 70 tree, making the woods rssound WIN
their peculiar cries Al the mouth Of the river the land
ID low and ssanpy; but as ascend you meet Win
high table land and for . mile ut Que place. we found
limestone rocks of singular formation
Our destination Burns Bank some sixty miles up;
and with only one stoSEe for breakfast In an old rineo
plantation, around which wandered for an hour,
while our Mosquito men boiled their pork and doughboy,
padded TO destination under the burning
rays OF tropical sun, unbearabe 10 under awning,
while they saeheaed asd exposed kept up their steady
stroke apparently without effort Al ely ht O'Clock
we arrived at Burns tired and worn oai with our DAY
labor We ate our lunch, siung our hammocks anu
turned IN.
Mr. Burns and his lady absent from home, having
gone 10 the boom, some miles below; but his men and
boys made comfort table their rude accommoda-
hons would permit. Carrying our hammocks, oankeb
ard provisions reeded onv roof TO shelter US rom
The storm aud store supplies Burns Bank - lar SUI
perior 10 any tue river, In size location ana
buildings standing high, ridge OF table sad on
point formed BY an elbow o. the siDoon ana extending
for three miles along banks and running baek Tor
miles, through pine ridges and sayannahs over whlch
herds Of cattle collected here for the use OF 'ne
mahogany cutters.
The house, in size some twenty by thirty feet, made
nom the cabbage tree, neatly psned, having Jtouses
the usual bay leaf roof plated over neat ridge pos
the lower part used for store the upper as the
family residence, which Is divided into two rooms 10
ore or which we snng our hammocks, standing some
forty feet above high water yet the spring fools rush
Ing do from their mountain beds, frequently uundae
the lower and the surrounding gouncs aud for days
they only their house ia boais Tue view from
the south window Ia beautiful, and picturesque. Below
gdes the Shoon gently along with scarcely ripple; on
the opposite shore tower the majestic mango the Cocoa
AID palm, In their rich green foliage; the blue out
line Of the mountains IN the distance, dimy visible;
herds Of cattle grazing in the pine ridges; be
yond The broad savannsns interspersed with patches
Of bambo and the Cohrn ridge, with its gigantic trees
Of Wild cotton Scattered around are the orange, the
shaddoc, the cachu, the apples the forbidden fruit
and many others hang in tropical abundance ard afford
picture the recollection Of which will long lnger Here,
too Ia wild prouson grow the sensitive plant, the air
plant whose long ftem IL covered with rich crimson
flowers the pmento, whose leaf closely rtserolss
the Chinese fan.
After day Is shooting In the Pine ridge and savannahs
shooting many birds, four OF which Of species,
we returned 10 The house weared and retired early 70
rest On the following morning at daylight babe adeu
70 much esteemed friend the and our hoft
who bad returned the evening before. Leaving the
former to pursue his researches In natural history 10
field rich and unrodd-n by any naturalist with an ear
nest GRASP and God speed you, we parted from man
wh ali love and honor, and without accident or Incl
cent worthy Of mentioning arrived, at nine r. H., 10
Belize.