The morning times., 1896-05-31
Copyright. 1860

Copyright. 1860
va OTAuv Ia Ma. i@rIIiAh Guiana,
EG May l2.-i have justarriyed atthe
piace where The root oi ali tTll
E is taken out OF the ground. and
where Efen die ur feKerS ut all
lies. Nature has Gore her best 10 keep
out man, and has been overcome, bat not
without a terrible Struggle, ior TO reach
this place. less than Il lu.cred Iu!!eS IRON
BorUca, have lad ( igbt days OF tie hard
est travelling that HAS ever fallen 10 nay lot,
or ever Will COMFY my way i gain Loi't. Ili''
going down will be easy. But so far ]
have escaped any severe attacks OF tie
fever ana have an idea that am getting
used 10 the climate.
After returning 10 BOrtica, from kykoye-
al. ] succeeded ia getting permission 10
come up 10 This place in one OF the gold
bodts-Ior a oonSdera tiOn. There were
twenty three of us: sixteen black men, TWO
Indians captaiu aud bowman, three White
managers myself "a nd an old Dla OK man, who
was nay personal servant, who having
taken Ia Icy 10 Hle on my last trip, would
not take no as an answer TO his offer 20 ac-
company me. He SAID he wanted 10 take
care OF me because the trip would be very
daugerOus-it was-and that would give
him my knife at The eHd uI the Journey II
We got back. nave not regretted taking
hlut.
our boat was about rorty-two feet long
anG was covered with taTlaulin where
the managers ana myself sat. We had
three months provisions on beard, consist
Ing OF rioc. flour, orn meal, split peas,
corn Ece-. ~alJ lora- salt IisH- ia.-,i-Ij
(as hard as rocks. sugar and potatoes;
then there was some canned Stuff for the
mana ggrs and myself.
We left Rortica sHa-liy before noon
on a Thursday Hot? Mhewi Sitting
on top oi tuat white t1rpau!in with tie
sG8 beating down at the rite of q mile
minute, UaS enough tr cook the hair
oat uf ones head. / haC bought = very
l.r-c pIlh HclIct before / started, ana
was more lH&n thankful! to My Old serv-
aai- Jcfiries is lis uan.a-ior il was at
h. a!vice hat got J.: bui even tten l
had 10 wet nay head again AID again.
Ah"t ser thIcE W!4y!. l J!a a, Ia, jlus ice
was 10 have nay flannel shirts lined down
IL" back 10 uraJect iaE spine from he sun.
] WIS 't" only one OF the tcu- white men
WIN I'D nrr ~ a dose Of tie fever on the
way up. JefIrieS and tie rest OF the b!a clS
nsnG did Uot seem II mind the heat in The
Least, but worked a way ~ their paddles un-
Cra>la@ly ofIe songs OF the siOatern man "
A padGl-r This !nan was not worth his
salt, but hc GiI earn II by singing. The FOL
lowing l. hi= favorite-
POTARo COARSE, COARSE GOLD.
Col all Uazaruui. zo.' an mazaruni,
Berry good gDt, uE, IL ami POlarO Sur.
y "a ce sI1aa"nan sp2l!r, an de hCsnan
An DE- daal hoy daal, an de batelIe
tell,
De- manager shout: Cspoken)
Po.ago 81, Poaaro, Potaro. co'se, oo'se
GGi.
o.. an. Gio-T Po,aro. blow,
Gu, oil, blow POtaTO, blow,
PotarO co'sr, CO'sr gUt, etc.
AGd that chorus is shouted out Of those
heather tlgroats 50 that 1t can he heard q
mile up the river while Ihc men drive the
bost through the water up tothe last ounce
in iieul swinging their heads and show
iug the whites 01 Their eyes and smiling, al
tha time displa wing their white teeth
At5o'cIocb that night we wentinto camp
on the shore. All along the river, the Es-
sequeDo and in fact along All the british
Guiana rivers up 10 The gold fields, there
arc regular camping places: a small place
on the bank with the uuderbrush cleared
away. there are Two rows of posts, the rows
about twelve feet apart and the posts OIL
each side about four feet apart. These are
lor the hamruoCk. Between the four end
posts are two tall SaplIngs, with another
Sapllug resting across them as a tent
ridge. over this the tarpaulin used for
the baggage in the day time. is stretched
slapiug down on both sides so that il COM
pICtCly shelters the hamWocks, though the
sides are oren the trees, however, prevent
the rain from beating in.
On this night we were amply protected
the men under one tarpaulin and the three
managers and myself under another, witt
small fires at both ends of each row oi
hammOcSS. TO keep off the prowling things
Ants cannot be kept out and some OF tie
large black le!tows bite from the word go
Tired2 don't know OF anything more
tir!ng than sitting on the baggage of q
gold boat. / was so tired that l could hardy \
wait for dinner. so anxious was l tn get
into my hammock. ! am sure ! don't re
member what had 10 eat. but I think il
must have been pea soup and salt fish.
Rtc my dinner. took a quinine pill and got
into nay hammock. What happened afte
that l don't know, but I was told mex
morning that il had rained. and that the