Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-09
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10 .uHl' ivurrr Interview
How "a YOU like tho country 70
1.-The 80 WIZ. ihore isn't = rn.lnem.
ing fatlir nluh ~ Mh,. n VA.
enough sNken ono ~ see hat tho
prapir eat there In tho market AT
iamaias" have sron great heaps IT
snail lrru.ts lri"i nn oNpo "I fnr sale.
be. wore shplt half.rnasiei aud mn,.a
me- sick 4, louk ~ them. 4 cre nre no
rais larr} hrill" paths through tho
wo.-it ani tr,,el - accumpl shed on
fuat ~ IA palanluins. long hau.ho,pole
horne nn the saunders ~ natives
4 bee interior 4 the country ~ fllr,l
With i"up forests. anl dnr.
ing lh" RAINY seasons great qualities
oi dcca ing sogeishlo matter are
hfoniht down. There H. grca, deal
oi iake nn ! marsh un the cpas, aud
plans bordering on tho sea. aud those
give rise 3, tho Mslagaav fever The
Only remedies the natives nse are hot
baths aai herbs which nlcce pcrrpira-
tton pulninr IL also used IN large
aasniities. Nhy. You can iulgo of tho
unhealihines- ~ the country. Tor the
irsnch. who fnr years have tired to -.
tahliah colonies thcro. called II the
Chnfchyarl. and tho Dutch. who were
elnatli nnsnoc' ssful nick named II the
DEAN islani
ManS Mild animals abound there -
lhc wooda are full IT fthcm: vicious,
venomous serpents of estraordinary V
sire Not snakes, hat huge serpcnts
t~'ilea ~ big ~ mans and thirty or
forty Zee, long, powerful enough 10 kill
horse ~ swallow an OK They hang
down from the limbs IN tho forcsts am
snatch NJ the natives going along and
make q breakfast of one with NJ much
uneonccrn ~ u iy tap. a sugar cork.
Near Andsvaka Menarana IL q dcep
cave called Tho serpent Hole. AMI II
,s so fnll ~ them that they relnently
drive the villagers all indoors Then
they have sort of monkey
there called the 'AyeAye' u has
teeth lihe chisel aud claw with q
prong or hook to n II lives on bug.
tha, u digs out of the trees: and then
the rivers swarm with croco,lilca, the
biggest I ever saw. These tho natives
Worship ~ wa,er'goi-. and are super
stiiious about killing them They try
io propttista the creatures by prayers
aud throwing la charms or odvs. yui
their virtue is owing b. tie noise and
shouting snd heating the water with
whish Tho Offering ~ oily 10 always 40
cnmpanie,i Why. those animals eat ~,
ell lthe sheep snd hogs. aud even larger
cattle that come anywhere near ths
I..sl.s al H.
sni children who venture near.
~ Jiasy. which is n fine lake. aixty
miles w"-t OF the capital. the people be.
iieve that n a crocodile hs killed hu.
man life will within o very short time
be etsctei 10y tho monsters brother
rslsiises - an aionenent for tho death
When ! vas there some frenchmen
shot several. AMI they had 10 leave the
conn'ry NJ once. or the pcopl, wo I'D
have murdered them. The earth has
shise eas-. the air wild bees. sand-fics
and mu-auitoes ~ big NJ beetles. and
whose sting hurts like u dogs bite. The
ansa ara the creates. pests ever saw.
They eat every article ~ provision or
apparel. scarce any preraution can
elade their vigilance and cunning They
raise . hollow cyelind.r of earth per
peniieuistly toward their object. and
through 10. as by ladder. they asccn I
hy thousands They are terrible per-
s.cutors Of the sick they will reach tho
bci ia nights time, though hung at q
a distance nom tho ground. when
sheit bites. like scaiding water poured
upop tho skin. was more in'olerable
than the diseas" ita.lf.
The sand fe- and mosquitoes we're
terrible plaques. hnt nothing 10 com
pare with the Wild bees, who would
svssm IN tho bed rooms anI sting
every intruder. LOCUST. como two or
three times ~ summer and eat up
everything green hut nature IL ~
prolific here that In eight days the vor-
dar" will b. all out again. There we're
hsboons NJ bln ~ good sized boys. OF
poisonous spi,era there are two kinds
whose h,to {. deadly One. small
blsrh fellow, n called menarody. Those
Who ara bitten fall into swoon. and
Their bodies become ~ cold ~ ice. Tn,
other one - called tho foka. or crab.
spider. The bite II followed by swell
ing. which begins NJ the part wounded
snd spreads through tho whole body
The animal ls maroon. colored, and
death cnsues Ia Ave hours.