The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-04

was the reverse, and he describes 1t all with
imp rtial vivacity As an example, read tho
following extract from what he Gays Of a place
In Guadeloupe:
beach and Inc VOLS OF tic houses ou ut the water
II Il icariuly dull Lace and VT th eNcrutlnn 49, -
but low Huit houses icuented hy tc col9l race anI
W meet none but ugsers, each WIN us hurdeh 90 's
w. % '.' ~ .,,' , ' i,,v ~ cncrtnuts
OF Dress not inciu ng possible side pncke We lsn
tamanad t(dcs; ana the town Is refreshed and kep
Slclh 9y pcnn 81 monI t'1 ST ~ ,,, tnr
spiins like purity h. fore thev reach the sea- only those
Tue longest ot these streams Insects the town. and
from tue bridge We nshclj cluster, 81 ainvN n,h
washing They simply dahnle the linen ~ thr s,ivsH'
with another Equally Sharply anglc ed until II l. reduced
toe pulp. The shirt wnen returned to iso"ner nf,
sens Vie appearance u very IRREGULAR lscc y Ir"n
u The nnrke place brought Us nrong GtoSd, ct cam
ycsei56les 90 hlianih coorea hsh; ana eiIn pre-
From Lasuayta they drove over tue noun
tains to Caracas:
Al along the road which. in ts windnas. is alVavs
oncn on one eide to ehrct precautions a iuio NE "a
Ike crosfng the II. U0tharl / lad noticed tte pic.
.1ai they had marked the spot Nnerc ccte had tom.
nlrn over WIN rs occupant There are guoi many
result uf MINOR tumble.
capiby Of driving ~ iuil speed down the steep IN.
cts aud 30 uear 10 tue Unprotected edge as to cause
thr dread apprehension That after ALL nothing would I've
left Of Us hui little pie ~ stones aud cross. Nehc
ucnt .Npostuniiogs produced "a torrent u language
most rcassUring but quite incOmDreheusDle " his
victims
The women Of Caracas made deep impress
sion on the visitors;
In thc evening, after an admirable dinner we bad nm
Ouf"ituuiN OF seeing some ~ Tue lovely women tor
when tue city IL - Justly celebrated Even the old
OF the hat"gcs they met with hero, hut ttHiO. Tie
agorgncs qNddo the gOldcses nf To-day, whOse clear.
owe III ut nlcf, c.nec cu,piti tlns' ana nihr'
graceful forms tutr1s an the tfadpnbi unuk then
mat they tpi teV raj languages, play cl-tal music.
wear Morin drcsscs and thatin their hands the fan
zllnE roalitNi Ask nc ~ iuOrc!"
At Charleston the party were very Hospitality
entertained, notwithstanding the general i'm
poverishment caused by the war. while there
the author inyoluutarily furnished some amuse-
uent to his comrades:
shall never forget DAYS shooting that We had NJ
Johns Isl ana. nor TIE depth ~ the rvrr mud Tired
from long dal tramp, arrived ~ the water idc To
hud the nQat FAR below me, aud between us Vas a
odorifcrous slime winch had 10 be- TIA, crsed. While
| thuidcnng on the BRINK, was HccO.trl by Niger
boy, who agreed for the OF two bits
carry me IN safety hs hack Ia trepidatiOn mingled
villa gtntl" hope, mounted my sable steod whose
iyorcs showed from car to car he Ouk lis eau.
til, ON reaching tho dccpcst aud hlackest part. lie
safely out IN the ryctl My own pickle leave entirely
| to tlc iIu iginaiOn no words can describe II.
The extracts here presented sufficiently show
the style Of MIR. Talboys's journal. 1t contains
much agreeable information, and much that u
amusing. 1t Is all interesting little book.