The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-07-06


on board, aud worked with q will to re-
duce a<plump, healthy looking snilor
toa skeieton-and were cftea successful.
Para is hot place. ladeed | may
safely say that it is very hot, the mer-
curry rising one hundred and twenty, in
the shade. This is owing to the situa.
tion Of the town, which lies directly
under the equinoctial line. This line
may be seen sometimes at night when
the moon does not shine, aud the mos.
quitoes are only moderately abundant
1t looks like narrow, light cloud, or a
pale ribbon stretched across the heavens
from east to west. -.s
Para has not much TO boast by way
Of trade. The town looks like a large
menagerie. Indeed, its principal, or
staple productions, SO far as l could
learn, were parrots, macaws, mongous-
ses, marmozets, scrpents aud india
rubber.
When lying in port, our captain,
whose name was Nathan Crewit, a ma.
tive of Branstable, fitted up the Nut.
"s ya"', ''s"' su''o ooa'. Wy 'ne
a sloop, with the maintop gallant stud
ding sail as the mainsail, while the jib
vs. vs. 80 haS"I e. Wv r.aaI: ~ ~ ~, ~ at rs
inr r,s,oaaa ~ hou"ns2;,, 80 -, ~.
iao taos, 80 N 'p" "''N' WV
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,hoa ~. a,,,,a W.. ~. nus y. 'u.ue'
orf,I Ga,,.;n rr:w;, VIZ .omo,;,os ~. Wv s Po"
b,,, 49, p S.aa,on,,, % ~; ;,h " ,;,,is a,ono nosb
oIs I;u "Ito I neiuea' 'gt; Man d s..''e "esro
oao:u wy, '' ua"eu : un N'u' ,ot GUN
Pau.ou' Nouau 'aAo sa'l aroanu Tue
na'yo'' VI e''u % ,ouVu'e onor' a's'ance
,p ,"o '"e,' "' "c'et u''cu 70
h ,auu =" m; 'rs uas"y oasAs, 10. % ieai u w'iu w
oeao' a'"ea'o''' auu ,n' 'e'.ioie poa'
"n'eh 10 tno hahe ., snaAe US o'S
aIounu as 'ne lna'nna'' ma and Us iong as
.uu ueeP SEA ''ue' Inc Peop'e useu 70
.ei' iriShtiu' Stories ABOUT those in'
-, 3,
1. ha' always oeeu u @eaknes' with
me 70 Sno" wnat was gong on IN every
pace nave Deen 70, ms disposition
70 pry into other ioiKs ahairs mas LED
me INTO many unpleasant scrapes' and l
never c0uio learn WISDOM from exper-
ience' l ionsed 10 take SAL up the
. rivst, go ashore &c OF. 90 us oanks @ ana ma
out Dy means OF my own eyes AID ears
whether the tales told 6y the natives
were true, OF were as l nan suspected
maaulacturea out of who,e cioth.
Accordins'y one SUNDAY soon after
alIner, Sap'ain CIewit peing on snore
aua tue pVh', w",cn l knew would not
DC wanted un'', toward sunset towing
9u,etly as.,fu ias'eneo 20 'he 'ahIai'
anu "nlie 'ne sua seeiheu 70 DC P1-r'ns
uc"u ~. s 'su av, "vs S"u' ~, ou 'n' ueoAs' l Nep'
III: ahu asAeu 'he mate u qu'o'' easy
eoins' eooa na'ureu sort Oh . man. VINO
S, Sas 'noS'as onI'1o' 1 gn '"e quai.e,' ,.,
c., ueO. 70 .tn ies hn r anu aIh,a' h .ae I',i,o
ues.o oavlu Ivy, 'aAo '"o'' sui UP tut
river in 'he ooa''
MIR. Elkhorn expressed surprise at my
wishing to expose myself unnecessarily
to the suns hercest rays, but graciously
na, ua,Aeu, iIu are iooi' 1acs yes u
oa ~ Isu .%:. 80: 'oo'. " s"" y, .aN'1
- s1n , AZ '"'s n'.. ..n' =. ua tou Wou'u
W muou Oo''e, IN auue' 'he a"n'ne'
uuns m:h'a yoa. .,. o'u uuus, VI 'eau'"s your
ahon, J' ~. vi D4..uS o;n '" ''eep' '"a" 'a'''"s
aoSu. 'ne .nI, i'Ver ~, =.
Seeing 'ha' ! iooeea plank ana ais
aPPoiu.eu =. nls h.nu Suggestions, ne
s1a'ewna. 'yr changed in .one' ana added
II you are reaiiy oent on gong, JACK,
you may nave tne ooat ior an hour or
.wo auu take r,t''e unkin w'th you into
'ne pa,saln' ne viii oe gao oi change,,
auu nave 10 'ea's ,or him' H'S head
casena'oened. ne eau stand the
"oas, auu mugn ~ ~ ereu were II
e"yusn ~ SCI tue river on nre'
IN; naue "y S pest n DOW 70 the mate ana
Oa"s '":.h ~ ,''',e unA Aln' VINO grinned
mi'n ae'gn., aisP'aying every one OF
h's 'ee.n 'u 'he most ostentatious man
ner at the prospect oil having a sail, we
started on on our cruise, steering with
hght preezc and a hood'tide up the
river
We were clad in the fewest and thin
nest possible Of garments, ia consequence
Of the heat, and carried with US no
weapons, offensive or defensive. Al
though not lacking courage, 1 would
have you remember, shipmates, on any
proper occasion, I don't profess to be
lighting man. Aud though man never
looks so mean and contemplate as when
he is running away from danger, l de.
termined beforehand to have no contest
hand to hand with any of the wild in.
habitauts, whether bird, beast or reptile,