St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

| the barraCOOnS toward the farther end OF
my grove. As they came nearer, | saw
that two gangs of six slaves each, all
chained about the neck, were carrying a
burden between them, which | knew
presently to be the corpse Of another
slave. They bore it on the edge OF the
grove. about three hundred yards from
my house, and throwing it down there
on the bare ground, they returned to
their prison, accompanied by the over
seer, who, with his whip had marched
behind them.
The grove, which was, in fact, but
an African Aceldama, was beautiful to
view from my house, and had often de
termined to explore it, or 10 rest i'll the
shade of its dark-lcavcd trees. ItSccmcd
Il ghastly place enough now, u | ap-
preached it more closely. As | walked
toward the corps felt something crack
under my feet. Looking down, | saw
that l was already i'll the midst of Il field
of skulls and bones. had inadvertent-
ly stepped upon the skeleton of some
poor creature who had been lying here
long enough for the birds and ants to
pick his bones clean. and for the rains to
bleach them. | think there must have
been the relics Of a thousand skeletons
within sight. The place has been used
for many years and the mortality III
the barracoons j. sometimes trIghtlul, in
spite OF the care thcy seem to take OF
their slaves Here their bodies Were
! thrown, and here the vulturcs found
their daily carrion. The gra>S had Just
been burnt, and the white bone, scattered
everywhere, gave the ground Il singular,
and when the cause was known fright
tul appearance. Penetrating farther III
to the bush. found several great piles
of bones. Such wa> the burial @round
of the poor slaves from the interior OF
Africa"
Elephant-hunting does not figure very
largely in Du Chaillu's narrative. Nrv-
erthele>s there are several descriptions, OF
which here i one =
"The next day found Us again eXplor-
I'M the woods in every direction. Ele-
phants certainly were not plentiful; be-
sides, they Travelled much in search OF
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