Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02

hat, and complacently walks oil with it. It is his now according to "eus- tom.h Later we see this custom again illustrated when one of our III ission- aries hangs his best new white coat up in the sun to dry and save il from stronger, blows il into the river. A following boat rescues 1t and no words, no promises of reward, can secure the coat. As we used to say when chil- drcn "tinding Is keeps.
 Forty miles up the river we make our first stop and while the baggage is being transferred to the little river boats on which we are to spend tine next two days and nights, we go 10 the neighbodng mission for jolly dinner party. Never mind if il k raining for we were careful how to dress for a river trip in the rainy season.
 In the early evening we are settled on our four boats and crawl under our mosquito nets to try 10 sleep. The boatmen are not willing to start till : a. m. and the open.ai street theatre near by keeps up it's weird music and voices till we leave at daybreak. The river grows shallower and for thirty miles We are pushed along with pole, or the boatmen walk along on shore and tow us, or in the absence of cloth ing it is easy to jump into the river and pull the boat along. When we get on the upper river and cross rapids that whirl the boat about it gets much more exciting The cook prepares the blanket we slept on Is rolled back and the board that served for bed is now table. How good things taste : All day long we break out in eXelama- tions Of surprise at the beauty of the scenery. The bamboos grow luXuriant- ly along the river banks and their feathefy clusters look like huge os- trich piumes. The dense tropical veg etation, and the entirely unelad na- tives along the shore make Us imagine we are in Africa; and the insects do too for we are we'll bitten up by the time we reach our destination
 After two days of such travelling we are glad to reach an inland station of the English Presbyterians who most hospitably entertain us the third night The next morning the baggage is par celed out to the carriers who start on up the mountains. We follow at s a.. m in chairs, three men carrying a chair IL is hot and We are giad of the cloth covering over our chairs, for pith hats and smoked glasses cannot not for long. As VIC go up the steep mountain sides Il grows cooler and finally we are in the clouds. The COW ering now keeps out the small rain. soon a veritable downpour comes and we are drenched in spite of all precau- lions, the steep rocky path becomes q rashing torrent for a brief time, then the sun smiles out al our wet condi- ton. Oh, such a magnificent view 1 | never saw more beautiful scenery in my life We go up 1000 ft. then We drop 20o it. 10 plain where we are 10 i spend the summer. Such beautiful mountain flowers The Easter lily grows wild here and is far more beau i tiful than al home. We all so ire 1 quently hear a bird whose note is 3 perfect miniature cock crow.
 As we descend 10 the plain we see the wee native village and the six for eign houses SC. down in the rice fields, three on each side of the river. The little valley Is surrounded with noun tains and dotted with date palms and
 beautiful vegetation The air is brac- ing and we can forgive the rain foI
 falling al some hour or other nearly