The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
TRAVELLERS; TALES.
4 VISIT TO TALAMANCA.
A sun Man visits an ODD. New Region in
Costa RIca.

tered gracefully ABOUT hnely moulded legs oil
Veritable bronze Hney paused from their Ia
bor-hardly erduous-ol cutunR the grass and
the pushes that grow 80 rapidly in the region.
aud gathered In q little group machetestn hand,
and with smiling curious races. AS we dis
mounted one oy one ana sought the grateful
shelter OF the Quartet porch. for the sun was
hot, and We had not even had a cup OF coffee
since the night before there suddenly began
curious, audible EXPRESSION from tho watch
ing Indians. Their language was nasal
ns the French but spoken much more slowly.
with pauses and peculiarlties OF infection
which meant as much as tho words them
selves. In TACT the Talamanca dialect re-
sembles the language of teleRraphy In its de-
pendence upon time and accent From the
smiling countenances Of our observers. and
the ely nudges with which they directed one
arothor's attention to our various equipments.
Il was plain to be seen that they regarded us
ono and all as huge joke. We. for our part.
were hardly as yet prepared to contemplate
those new aoduaintances. being for the mo-
mont engrossed with the subject OF the coffee.
which Gen. Patino was himself hastily prepar-
ing, the tempting aroma OF which was already
In our nostrils. After partaking OF this most de-
lcious OF all refreshment for travellers in trop-
zeal wilds we inspected the quarters we should
inhabit nightly for tho next fortnight
The Quartet is three-room house, built
three feet OF the ground OF cana, n light.
strong wood peculiarly adapted for tho pur-
nose. and ayIshly abundant in tho region. The
roof was heavily matched with palm. Very little
other wood was used than cana, evon the floors
oe,ns .naue Vi 'h.s, a.i oounu w s"S .hat as
flooring to be slept upon by explorers with
limbs cana is hardlyato be recommended,
M Mnv o. ~ con" ,a. oI,onoo ,an ~;
avOtr0uDOiS
witnass col Kohler y, San Francisco who ona
evening suddenly discovered himself reduced
TO one ies-and that most awkwardly placed
!ne otner having u'S mp .nrousn tne
tresoherous hooring. de was e&trlcated with
some some dIu Soop anu ever after tFOd lightly
" Thes ", cana houses which ara ou,to tba hast
hind for the region. cost from 500 to 5000 to
oons,r,,ot an thot IN ToIamanco n IN roo oonitaI
not ahsontoIv necessary in ordar to have
your own home; $15O-which means but 800
American goodwill put you up very COM
Portable haoitation. ..,,..
A., -; - - -. Al, 49,, +, a.. -, -. -,
the courier who carries the mail to and fro be-
tween Talamanca and Port Limon. and one or
,,..,c 90. uu.so A,.ou mo T rnloo
rooms and the little attic space as we'll There
t%I Ie ' theO tps cana onr eud bsd n
aI A., =. - - Sa,'a.,,,as ~, -, -
that colder thing to sleep in than hammock
/ have never made trial Of The niehts are
for this nnpase o1 hanS m me reason
vast plain pierced everywhere nv rIvers oreat
sWaIs nd be paes n ne nn
fog through which YOU can see but few
yards ed B BY 20 oeiGsE this I9E has VANISHED con-
such nights. there can be no mosGuitoes. and
The soil Is nat Of
OF n new country: hut in reality "a INV one
Who has lived or travelled In tie tropics s viii VIII
Whether night and dsy shall both be- made
miserable for person through insect torment.
hardestHof the three hard Beds placed FOR m nre
disposal in the best Of the three rooms, ". Which
Tss the ose f1gnd the hanpofS soiter
two-that is. when my bones we're cramped
bed. ana when they We're stif from the ha rde
ness 81 the bed I returned to the hammock.
wardrobe Containing medicines for the In.
desE for cuartel documents a Wooden bencR. and
arocking chair. In the next room. where three
the GAIA door were the stocks tcepoJ for msbe-
having indigiduals One night during our stayit
% o H. a NOT ony
come roaring drunk on his own responsibility. |
6Tt had sgsceeded In getting gone one Of the In
night hideous With their hullabaloo The In
dian was conveyed With With some dIIllcuIty to
tbs Colombian was put in the stocks Tor a few |
hours. he remonstrItinC at first with inebri- |
ate pathos and iualy slbsiding into drunken
elunber II may be said that as only his logs |
were put between the beams there was no |
cruelty. and hardly any Inconvenience; in the |
TsmarEaSe enerey. AS for the indian. he |
probably Kept his own counsel. for there was |
no rising among the Uren folks to wreak re-
T'he next day we paid them a visit at that
settlement, some six miles distant break
fastad in ona nj their housed mostly IN hreak
iast we had taken aloncNchicken en-. and rice. and
crackers spread out upon a log They made
cacao Ia sort OF chocoIatei for us which We
Consumed in large Tnantities with our ewes
shut. and were liberal in their offers of chicha
mascada which few Of us were hardy enonph
TO taste Alter breakfast we pbot5eraDhed
them In various positions and whoilv 10 tbeir
them with laudable ANXIETY to demonstrate the
pacific naturs OF the tribe
Tha Indiana live mostly on the wild fruits NJ
the region and the i1sh they spear In the rivers