Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12

Oct. u
Well, I wonder where you are today.
! ann living IN quite good style ! have
"a fairly comfortable room with ipalm
roof, a single bed, wash bowl ptcher
one chair and a piece Of table, bnt gpt
on very wei indeed | gct my meals
at The English factory We have coffee
/ at Z o'clock a, M, breakfast ll;in din
ner 40 y. m. We have very good chop.
rs everybody on the coast calls food Ia
y now the rainy sensou and | find the
climate most delightful ON the coast.
think it has been much misrcprescnted.
or course IL is not So healthy as one
might wish. hut much Of the sickness
y due 10 The conduct Of the individual
We had q death here today. A young
frenchmnn. had been dosing himself
with poisonous medicines and was
thrown into convulsions in consequence
aud died from the poisons.
have met with uniform Kindness here
so far and everybody on the African
const seems 10 know ms much about MY
tan, or any other color, had heard Of my
mission us anybody ON earth, Every
body In Gaboou. black, white, yellow.
coming long agu. | ann going 10 visit the
sing Of the McponElye people next wool
lie lives nc town called ChAunonu
about three or four hours from here I'D
the bush. He has sent word Tor me to
come 10 see him and says hc can find
plenty Of gorlas for me-
saw one az kamerun ns we came
down aud there are two chiupauzces
here which am studying. Most Of the
natives here belize that apes nlk among
themselves, but do not want the people
to hear them. They think / eau learn
H. ] avn studying the Mpongiye tongue
from my native boy, who speaks English
also.
oct "a
] went down aud called ON the mission.
aries today.
There Is long walk or drive here
aud Mr. Str0hm has very kindly loaned
me his pony and buggy and ! have boon
DONG the graceful % few times, There
are two other people here who have huk.
gis, and this IT, the only port they nrc
found in this part of Africa The Cove.
nor of Calnhur has one but that is 900
or 900 miles from here.
Whom / leave here I expect 10 40 via
OF Dennis tnativc Chnhom wheru shall
stop for q short time dion go on tp cupr
Lopez on foot, about 30 miles from Den
mis-. In doing so ! shall pass through "a
broad, open plain. where the upcs nr'
said 10 abound From all that can
learn, my best field Is Augoyy. aud
snail gradually move that way, The
route have Ia view ~ To 80 mp the Ga
boon trip or two merely TO see the
country aud people.
Mr. Strohm and have just had a walk
IN the cuNrmors park aud listened To- thc
band. There rs quite good native haud
here of about TWENTY-FIVE pieces and
they play every Sunday afternoon in the
PARK. You may be surprised iu learning
that Gaboou has bind There are
about 100 white people here aud some
very good houses Ia MIR SIS house
whore ] take my meals, hc has @ piano
organ and accordion or hurmouicu. |
have repaired the organ and piano
The steamer Nuba Of the English line
came into port Yesterday aud the captain
came ou shorc and invited me To ~ ON
board und spend thenght and ! did sD
ana had q very nice time. The captain
brought me- ON shore Ia his steam launch
aud staid with me 10 lunch. The ship
left at .. m, ! have heard great deal
about gorilus aud chimpuu2pus. but u
great amount of il is not true
The captain told me Of huc gorilla
Settu Camera. IL may bc gone before !
sea H.
They tell nae That this has boon pn u,-
usually hnr year for gOrilus There WnH
a man here this forenoon FROM Alnyumou.
nenr the Congo, who snys they are very
abundant there
| think / shall leave here next wcel
aud 10 to that point via Lopez
! started onte Ca tell you my route aud
did not finish.
shall go from here TO Chauon, whore
the king resides then 20 cape Lopez.
aud from there to Sptlu Camera and An
gOyy; turning from there / shall 20 up
the Ogowc river 10 head waters, about
100 miles, and go across 10 the middle
Congo and down 10 the mouth of that
HI az Ia.
turn up the cOust humvWurd ! may stop
at Old Colabur Tor three weeks Kane
ran three weeks Lagos, Acorn, etc, hut
| may come straight home. There is u
Chimpuu2cp here in the German furtory
that ! um studying, but one alone is NOT
% good subject, as they do not talk musoh
when alone.
Parrots are as common here az chick.
ns nt home, and nre easily domesticatcd.
There are three of thin now sitting
pcrchod near me on the wanda. They
are all gray parrots aud good takers
Nov I.
How ARE you todayY Raing Did YOU
say runy Well hush, Unless You are
Ia the second story Of u stone house
with n slate roof with gum boots
nn umbrcln, q rain coat aud II surf boat
don't say word.
My new boy only wuprs about
. cents worth of clothes nd has ns much |
sense as a Inst years egg. He speaks |
fine English az YOU can sec by one specl- |
men. ! said to the boy: That's an nw- |
ful rain. lie replied .Humph. he no !
live for too much ruln;' by which lac |
meant, No sir, not a very hard rain.
Since ! have been writing this pnge |
20 has come again. Everything is cinm- |
my with moisture, and have to make |
my boy brush off my clothes frequently |
TO keep on mildew
/ expect ! shall bring home with me a |
native hoy II ] cannot get gorilla or two |
Tomorrow If the weather will allow, ] |
shall go 10 visit the king and arrange for |
my sojOuru there.
] am assured repeatedly Of the gOrilas |
and chlmpunzees over on that side.
Muugoes, coacOnuuis ana bread-fruit |
grow everywhere Bananas here are NOT
80 plentiful, nor 80 good az farther up |
coast Plenty Of fish hut not of good /
No mosquitoes az all scarcely, |
at this point aud very few files. 1 have
only heard one mosquito IN my room since
] came ! get plenty Of filtered water here
ana usually put two parts rlar0t and three
parts water az table, which IN q general
custom. II not Claret d little vinegar s
used.
The man with whom take my meals
has a mulattO wife, but she never eats ut
the table with ~ She Il very niycly be.
hnvcd but speaks French altogether and
hence ] am excused from amy attention td
her But when any stranger comes about
the house She always Introduces NE la
French, but most Of the people here white
a 4 4 g. al |