Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-07

rlcaring 10 the swift ODnterdtoh Oh Hto
fropic forests. The sayages match their
wilderness They have suffered no yaTl-
alton from the ancestors Raleigh knew
They will abandon their fishing and /
tumble into the rough, hollowed-lcs .
canoes 10 pursue the Bolivar with no |
other purpose than mere diversion |
Money they have no use for In forest /
barter. but will welcome n bit OF bread /
or cake The men and children dress !
inexpensively IN their own primal inno- /
cence. The women add short petticoat |
Of the inner fibrous bark OF the palm /
tree. a clean, plump. whCsesOme-lookinS ]
race. merry and clean by nature, and
extremely handsOme-their costume not
being OF a nature TO hide defects TINS
Is the race that, crossed with Spanish
blood. makes the Nenezuelans There
are doubts as to the value Of the cross
The woods are full Of game. An ex-
tremely exaggregated sort OF kinghsher
shoots out Of the woods on one side when
the boat dlsturbs him. and disappears IN
the woods on the other. According 10
Venezuelans. his name IS mo sabe
but this was difficult TO reconcile win
the same statement made in answer 10
an inquiry as 70 the name or a VINE
climbing up some seventy or eighty
feet into the trees and hanging down
sheets of red blossoms. They SAID No
eabe" when asked about the many varie-
ties Of large fishing cranes, so this tesu-
monv seems wanting I'm accuracy or
vari4tv. or something. The toucan IS
small black bird with a Pecksniihan eN-
pression and a very large rainbow colored
nose and he Is said 10 make good SOUP
which Is more than can be SAID Tot 'he
noise he makes. lie lives upon bananas
and gingerbread when he can get u
and h found I'm astonishing numbers IN
the Morocco woods. and IS liked py 'ne
Indians. both for soup and ms hose-
which cuts I'D into lovely iewelry. Inc
caiman IS popular too lie WSliONS -,
the sunshine on the sand shod'7
and half submerged logs, and gives
! tho Venezuelan marksmen on the Boh-
car something 10 miss, while the NICE
tender. white meat OF his tail serves
more practical purpose IN the lhulan
/ lorder ANY traveller will be sure 20 see
| droves Of peccaries coming down 10 the
waters edge TO drink and If he Is
| student of Mayne Reid he VIII reineiipr'
that these little wild hogs are po'h ua .i,,
/ ,eroue and toothsome The Indians sun
/ hunt them with biowpipes som "
| ono seee deer and there Is varied as
sortment Of small and large catamounts.
/ one curious sight that traveller
nm the Orinoco will see, If he chooses
/ 10 look for IL. Is worth reporting 10 the
/ pevchfcaI Society for its earnest STUDY
/ As the evening Of the first day comes
on the hanks grow higher and the woods
become less tangled, and open here ana
,bera into glades He win md himself
leaking with considerable surprise down
| tvilit vista at a company OF tali' gray
! phantoms. dancing I'm a ring. VI coui go
! these are visual decisions, but most per
sons have what might be called an al
most blind confidence in their eyes ana
| when another company Of these hooded
| Ghosts whirl silently round and round
i'm the dusk further along, and stil an
| other group, more distinct, ana yet more
weird and eldritch. chase each other IN
a wltch-whirl through the dim woods
| than the matter seems taken out OF the
| region OF hallucinatiOns and elevated 10
the rank Of Psychic Society papers
The captain. a really beautiful young
Snauish gentleman, I'm white linen, VINO
smelled OF violet water says that banana
leaves are silvery gray on the under
sides. and will filter and glmmer
I'm the wind upon the slightest proVOca-
ton: but the Captain Is not CORE
spondent Of the Society for Psychical Re
search.
BY the time the Bolivar passes into the
main stream OF the Orinoco the charac
ter OF the country changes entirely
The thick jungles disappear and gradu'
ally the land grows denuded Of trees
altogether and only the clumps or scat
tered growth. peculiar TO all the inlanC
tableland Of Venezuela, are left. Tn
stream widens into a swift, brown hoo'
OF the breadth OF nearly a mile, hoWins
I'm places around enormous bOulders II
midstream, and It maintains this char
acter all the way 10 Bolivar
Providence and the Derechos de Adu
ance of Venezuela both move in mystic
rious way their wonders 70 perform
which means that though the steamboa
arrives at in the morning, no one is al
lowed 10 land until high noon-as tn
| fashionable wedding notices say. IN
tariff duties are 50 high that a premium
is put upon smuggling, and no one 4
= / above suspicion. The importation OF su
gar, for instance, Is totally forbidden
and the happy manufacturers rejoice j
the ability TO ask 20 cents a pound for II
, Other commodities are equally costly, an
the authorities say in their haste that a.
! men are smugglers. When they hnall
! satisfy themselves of the purity of one
intentions and the innocuOusness Of one
luggage ii IS permitted to plunge ankle
deep into loose sand and mount ban
30 feet high coated with the same shift
. ing medium, in the face Of the entir
population OF Bolivar.
In June, when the river IS high BOLIVIA
: the boat lies flush with Bolivar the towI
u and the waters have even been known I
make canoeing the dryest method {
shopping and marketing. Now when n
traveller perspirlngy attains the crest
. finds samans shaded the mile-long wat'
y streets. and the heavy square brio
. shops and warehouses displaying cheerf
washes Of strong yellows and blues und'
= ] go 4
e lower class Of the population add to N
l. pleasant confusion of color with WV
s. scarlet and pink and golden shawls ar
le sashes and head dresses. The priests wei
r green and purple silk, rich with needl
s. work, and all the women OF the upp
re class shrOud themselves in Grape al
+ cashmere Mourning OF the deepest so
IT IS demanded for the death Of even dista
r. connections by marriage, so that Lao
Sc OF & BOD family may spend long and vi
s. tuous life in this equatorial country wi
ne no experience Of more airy or becomil
ST garments than are consistent with &
n heaviest weeds They form the stronge
L shadows IN the mass Of clear colors al
81 high lights, and yet they are pretty
Of angels in spite Of their sOmoreness. T
so most beautiful thing Of her kind Is
ps l6-year-old Venezuelan.
40 4 MIXED CROWD.
r After the Bolivar discharges her car
as she shifts across the river TO Soledad, {
re cattle station, and fills UP with lor
n horned beeves and comes back again
RI Bolivar for gold and hides and such-li
tic commodities. The cattlemen follow
~ 10 the town and lay out their money
ra the shops, which are, almost without {
at ception. in the hands Of foreigners-mo
ly Germans and few Americans. 4
- . h. F.l4 IL Rras
nd lvn man. with the cattlemen come
all rapcheros-lndian cowboys and servant