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The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Drawing
Instrument Sets,
75c, 81 and $3.50

An importation Of these
sets has just reached US.
Splendid gifts for the
boy or girl studying
drawing or draughting-
or interested in it to the
slightest degree.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Big Six Baseball
Game, 81

Christy Mathewson's
own indoor baseball game
Just like real baseball,
just as exciting, every
boy will want one.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Tip-Top Boxing
Game, 81

The Carpentier-Demp-
sey match-every boy will
like this game.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Play Balls, $2.25

A well-msde, fine
leather ball for all sorts
of indoor and outdoor
games, inflated with gen.
uine rubber bladder; g.
inch size.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Pogo Jumping
Sticks

Children and adults are
both enjoying this great
sport-come in and see
the boy jumping rope on
Pogo. Children's size,
$3.50; adults size, IS.
Toy Store, Fourth fleer.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22

A CHRISTMAS tree party and
entertainment will he given
at the Latvian Legation on Christ
mas Eve for the legation family.
The Charge d'Affairs of Latvid
and Mime. Sega Will entertain at
dinner on December %.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22

J. f. Oreamuno. delegate from
Costa RiCa to the Central AmeTi-
can conference was hist at
luncheon yesterday at the New
Willard entertaining in compli-
ment to the Nicaraugan Minis
ter, Emillianp Chamorro.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22

j. G. Guerrero of Havana
who is attending the Central
American conference entertained
At a luncheon of ten covers yes
terday at the Willard in honor
Of the Minister of Costa Rica,
Octavio BeeChe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-11
Special Drive for so
New Customers

With this sale nauguraing campaign for $4,000
Since
Tor thousands The quality merchandise combined with polite
service and
During this sale
large clientele We invite IN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-11
Us Tweed Suits

Here opportunity to purchase at less than half the
former price full length hadomey silk lined Tweed Suit
We advise you es you before they all
gone. Remember they G. sale Thursday morning at
o'clock at this special
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
TEMPTING DESSERTS FOR
Tagging APPETITES
(By Sister Mary.)

Rich desserts can be made with nuts.
With a dessert of this kind the main
part Of the dinner should be rather
light
Peanuts are perhaps the least desir-
able nut to use for desserts as they
are highly favored and don't blend
quite so smoothly. Almonds should be
blanched before using, as the thick
skin is hard to digest. To blanch
almonds cover with boiling water and
let stand two or three minutes. Drain
and dip in cold water for few min
utes. The skins will slip off easily. Dry
thoroughly before using in any way.
Emergene Pudding.
One-half cup brown sugar, table
spoons milk, Ia teaspoon soda. / cup
milk, teaspoon butter, / tablespoon
cornstarch, cup blanched almonds.
Dissolve sugar and milk over very
slow fire to prevent burning. Dissolve
soda in l tablespoon of warm water
and stir IN melted sugar. Add milk and
butter and stir In cronstarch dissolved
in little milk. Cook, stirring con-
stantly, until thick. Stir in nuts and
let cool a few minutes before serving.
Serve with whipped cream.
almond Charlottes
One cup blanched almonds, 1-2 cup
sugar, cups milk, 8 eggs, table,
spoon graduated gelatine. is tea
spoon salt
Melt half the sugar In q frying pan.
Add the almonds and stir until light
brown. Cool and pound with a wooden
potato masher until smooth. If you
have an aluminium double boiler. brown
the almonds in It. Put almonds In
double boiler and add 1-2 cups of
the milk Heat slowly to the boiling
point, but do not let boil. Beat the
yolks of the eggs with the rest of the
sugar and salt. Dilute with the re-
naming half cup of milk and stir into
the hot milk. Cook and stir until the
mixture thickens. Dissolve gelatine in
ID cup boiling water. Pour first mix
ture slowly over gelatine. mixing thor
oughly. Stir until the gelatine is per-
fectly dissolved. When cool fold in the
whites OF the eggs beaten till stiff and
dry, Turn into a mold and put on
ice until chilled and firm.
Nuts can be chopped fine and stirred
into any ice cream when the cream Is
about half frozen. Serve a nut cream
with plain sponge cake and a plain
cream with a nut cake.
Nut Cake.
Two cups sugar, IL cup butter /
cup sweet milk. cups flour, eggs
(whites), tablespoons baking pow
der, / teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup chopped
hickory nuts or English walnuts.
Cream butter and sugar. SLIT in a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
JUNIORS ENTERTAIN SENIORS
WITH DELIGHTFUL PICNIC.

The junior class OF the Pensacola
high school delightfully."- entertained the
members OF the senior class with a
picnic on Friday afternoon and eve
ming.
There were about 1856 young people
in the party, who left Pensacola on
the o'clock car for Barrancas. When
they landed at this fort they were in
vited through the kindness Of Colonel
Brady to go to Fort Pickens to spend
the afternoon.
They went out 70 this pleasant spot
In a NJ nber OF small boats. A num-
Der went IN swimming while others in
dulged in playing games on the snowy
white beach.
Later In the afternoon all gathered
in tho quarters and enjoyed a picnic
luncheon. The menu consisted of po-
tato salad. various kinds Of sand
wiches, sliced tomatoes with mayon-
naise, ice cream and cake.
BY the light OF the moon they re-
turned to their homes at late hour.
The members Of the faculty who en-
joyed the outing with their students
werei Misses Lola Johnson, Erma De-
Silva. Buda Day, Letitia Cooke. Lois
Grere. Kathleen Monroe. Florida
Waite, Clark and Mr.. william Tyler
and A. u. King.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
ENJOYABLE PARTY AT
SAuELEY BEACH

Mrs. J. w Lurton entertained a
party at Saufley Beach Saturday
evening where bathing was enjoyed
in the Gulf after which a delightful
picnic lunch was spread on the beach.
After the lunch the crowd then gather
ed in the dance pavilion and danced
until the hour to return home.
Those enjoying the party were Mrs.
Dubose Vann, Mrs. Burda of Chicago,
Misses Sarah Fuller. Kathlene Moore,
Anna Clark, Letitia Cooke, Lois Grier,
Lucille Lurton, Matilda Brown, Miss
March, Messrs John Burda, o. E.
Rayne, Albert Davis, Master Dubose
Vann, Howard Harrison and the hos
ties Mrs. J. w. Lurton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
IDA M'MILLlAN AND BETTY
YoNGE ENTERTAIN WITH
PICNIC.

Little Misses Ida Mcmillan. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. c. Mcmillan.
and Betty Yonge, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Malcolm Yonge. very delightfully."-
entertained with an all day picnic on
Saturday. The young party. left Pen
sacola about 1000 and sought the
Country club. for the beautiful spot
to enjoy such an outing.
Swimming both morning and after
noon was enjoyed. At noon delicious
lunch OF all kinds Of goodies was
served The tables were prettiiy ar
ranged on the spacious veranda OF the
Country club.
Those who made up the party and
enjoyed the courtesy Of their young
hostesses were: Eleanor Mcclellan.
Laurie Weston, Jean Yonse, Lucy
Davis Yonge, Gretchen Hutchinson,
Barbara Edmundson, Rosa Cox Rus
sell, Margaret Crenshaw, Barbara
Stewart, Elizabeth Jones, Cora Louise
Blount, Marjorie Yonge; the chap
erones, Mrs Malcolm Yonge and Miss
Margaret Ray. Benjamin Edmundson,
Ralph Fisher Ida Mcmillan end Bet
ty Yonge.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
DANCE ON WEDNESDAY
BENEFIT CARNIVAL
ASSOCIATION.

Society is much interested IN the
dance which win be given on Wednes-
day evening by the Civil Service So
ciety Of the Pensacola Naval Air sta
ton, for the benefit Of the Carnival
association.
The success which always attends
the affairs given by this organization
suggests that the benefit VIII be large
ly attended, and that good sum win
be realized.
One Of the most successful dances
ever given for charity in Pensacola
was that given by the Civil Service
society for the benefit OF the st. Mich
oias Girl last December which Melted
a splendid sum, and The Journal feels
sure that the dance for the Carnival
association will be equally as success
ful.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
BLAMING 70 wEAR PoPPlEs.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-John H. WI
iams, city treasurer and commander
Of the department OF Connecticut, ".
#. W, is planning to have every per-
son in Connecticut wear a poppy on
Memorial day. For a week prior to
May 30 the +. v w. win conduct a
poppy campaign, the funds derived
therefrom to be 1sed in maintaining
service bureaus for the use of fighting
men. Commander Williams depart
ment is one of the most active IN this
work. He has already arranged for a
Poppy Sunday, and will ask the school
children to assist in the sale OF the
silk flowers, which are made In France
by the women of the devastated re-
gions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
EAST HILL SENIOR 3. Y. p. U.

Group 3 OF the East IIlll b. Y. p. u.
WIN have charge Of the regular B. X.
p. II. service Sunday evening at TOO
o'clock. The Mcdonnell Union from
the First Baptist church will visit
the East Hill Union and a very inter-
esting program has been planned The
following program, with Miss Ruth
doom as leader viii be carried out:
Scripture: Mrs. Axelson.
Part Miss Vera Hendrix.
Part MIR. Howard Palmer.
Part S.--Miss Gerther Pate.
Part 4--Miss Louise Lee.
Part 5.--Miss Martha Penn.
Part 0.--Mr. r. M. Merritt.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
FORTY MEN WORK ON BOOK
THAT is NEVER FINISHED

NEW YORK-For three centuries
some Of the foremost literary men Of
France have been working at a book
that isNnot yet completed, nor, presum-
ably, ever will be. They are the forty
'fmmortals" of the French Academy
and the book is their French diction-
airy.
The French academy, says the May
Mentor Magazine, was funded early in
the 18th century by a group Of young
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

Millions Of mothers depend upon
genuine California Fig Syrup to clean
and freshen baby's stomach and bow
els.
When the little one is constipated,
has wind, collie, feverish breath, coated
tongue, or diarrhoea, a half teaspoonful
promptly moves the poisons, gases,
bile, souring food and waste right out.
Never cramps or oYeracts. Contains no
narcotics or soothing drugs. Babies
love its delicious taste.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cal-
ifornia Fig Syrup" which has fun di-
rections for infants in arms. and chill
dren of all ages plainly printed on bot
tie. Mother! You must say California"
or you may get an imitation fig syrup.
Advertisement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
4CATHoLlc DAUGHTERS
ENTERTAIN WITH DANCE.

on Monday evening at the X. OF c.
hall the Catholic Daughters OF America
win entertain with a large dance, to
which the public is invited.
The organization has competent
cmmmittees which have been working
Hard for the success OF the entertain
ment, and it is expected that large
crowd will be in attendance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

ish the language. They undertook to
publish dictionary, rhetoric, and a
grammar, In 1894 the dictionary was
published. but the first part of it was
already out Of date, and needed revi-
sion. And so 1t has gone ever since.
Members are elected for life. They
seek entrance and must visit each OF
the 80 members in turn when seeking
admission
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

Mr. Bob was presented in Mobile.
last year by the senior class Of Bar
ton academy. 1t was a great success
there and it is no doubt but its sue
cess viii be even greater here.
The casts and characters viii be an
nounced later.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
SOUTH SHORE WINS
KINGS PLATE RACE
(sv Ths Associated Frsssl

TORONTO. Ont. May 2o-south shore
with harrington mp, carried the Thorn
elife stable colors to victory in the his
toric Kings Plate here this afternoon.
She out lasted the favorite. Paddle and
won by a length. Paddle, Of the Brook
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
CURTAINS

Very attractive curtains can be made
for your pink bedroom by hemstitching
white dinity with pink threads and
putting a picot edge on IN pink.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
EXCELSIOR CLUB MEMBERS
STAGE LAST PERFORMANCE.

The Excelsior club of the fifth Al
grade OF the p. K. Yonge grammar
school, OF which Miss Margaret Ray
81 teacher, staged their last delightful
entertainment during this year OF
school This social hour was enjoyed
on Friday afternoon, in the school
room. They had as their invited guests
the entire fifth and sixth grades and
the teachers.
The club has been organized during
the last half OF the year and has done
excellent work along the line of speak
ing. reading and giving interesting
numbers in the presence OF company.
The club officers are: President,
Robert Stewart; vice president Geo.
wentworth, Jr.; secretary, Marjorie
Mackey; treasurer, Cora Louise Mac
key; censor Marion Howe.
The club colors were purple and
gold and the flower sweet pea.
The program was as follows:
Welcome address: Robert Stewart.
Toe dance: Margaret Crenshaw.
Piano solo. Claire Whiddon.
Original poem; Read by Marion
Howe. written by Marion Hazel Lo-
we'll and Cora Louise Blount.
song. April Showers: Marjorie
Mackey and Ida Mcmillan.
Original poem, Some Adventures:
harrington Burrow.
Springtime drill and dance: Perry
tBrewton, Eleanor Mcclellan. Christie
wolfe, William Pasco. Claire Whiddon.
Homer Mathis. Leila Bearman, Oliver
Craig Betty Yonge and Marjorie Muir
fee
African impersonation Of Swing
Low Sweet Chariot: harrington Bur-
row. Hazel Lowell Mildred Lipam.
Margaret Hoyt and Elizabeth Jones.
Group dance; Barbara Edmund
son. Cora Louise Biount and Mar
garet Crenshaw.
Negro play and dance; African
group.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

little flour and beat we'll Mix and sift
flour. salt and baking powder and add
alternately with milk to first mix
ture. Add nuts and vanilla and fold
in the whites Of the eggs beaten till
stiff and dry. Bake in layers and put
together with a white boiled frosting.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
sPoTa

Kerosene spots can be removed with
fuller's earth. Cover the spots with
q thick layer Of hot fuller's earth. Let
1t remain "a hours, then brush 1t off
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
MALAGA GRAPES

Dip some nice solid malaga grapes
in fondant, put them aside to cool and
then dip them in chocolate. They're a
fine confection
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
FAXED RFANs

For more digestible baked beans
substitute olive oil for pork. Use five
tablespoonsful to quart of beans.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
aTuFFEp TOMATOES

Stuff the tomatoes with chopped
onions. tomato pulp and bread crumbs
and then bake them. They're good.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
FApEpY

Brush the carpet well. Then add a
pint Of vinegar to pan of fairly hot
water and rub this well into every
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
DREAMING 1T

Add a little cold water to the butter
and sugar which you are Dreaming. 1t
makes the process much easier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
CRACKER cRuMRs

If you want to butter the cracker
allow one-quarter cup Of melted
crumbs to each cup of crackers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

dale stable. was second. beating FL Jes-
mar By a nose.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
scALIMa ElaH

minute and the scales viii be much
easier to remove.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
sMR BOB TO BE PRESENTED
BY SENIOR CLASS or HIGH
SCHOOL.

As it IS a custom in the Senior class
Df the Pensacola High school to have
I class play, which is given under dur
Ing Commencement Week, the class
81 1922, takes pleasure in announc-
ing that the comic play, "NIr. Bob"
win be presented by the talented SEN
ors in the class. This wonderful part
u the week OF exercises to be given
IN tho evening Of June sth. in the
beautiful high school auditorium. The
'lay is under the direction OF Miss
Sarah Fulton. member of the faculty.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

part of the carpet. Use a clean cloth
for the operation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

Every yard Of wooden cloth conta
about a mile of yarn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

a helmet is the original Fnlsa. eap
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21

ROYAL SHOE REPAIR SHOP
GET A ROYAL GUARANTEE
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23

! haps the longest stretch in the worlt
where cattle are swum.
The ILurd Passes
"Senor, have u care for the steers
If you return on foot" we were warn
ed. Mid-afternoon found me perched,
| camera in hand, on fence post of the
| manga. "Oy!-oy!oy!" Slowly the
! animals rose from their resting and
| were gently rounded up" by the
| tllneros, some OF whom used lance
| Ike picks to turn u stampede or en-
! courage laggards.
They coaXed, they growled, as the
leaders, head and ears alert, shifted
suspiciously, l slid to the ground
outside, but too late: the whole herd
turned tail and stampeded Those
who have ridden the range know what
81 rnt strangenesses of sight, smell or
SoHt'd may stampede II herd; and
when they reappeared stood behind
thc manga, motionless, not risking a
single camera click as the living mass
OF sweating bodies, streaming from the |
stampede, undulated by. Upon it bob |
he'd a sea of horns, while an occasion
a pair lunged viciously at me, splin-
;erlng the fencing.
Taking The Plunge
Ahead, sun-tanned half-naked
horseman rode barcback--Perdo Tay-
ero, cabestero. He acted as 4 lead
er, with few trained steers as decoys,
toward which the llaneros gently
worked the mobile sensitive herd
which hesitatingly entered the broad
mouth of the artificial lane.
Plunge! Splash! With froth drip
D'ng mouths, and eyes aslare, the he'll
lowing cattle took the water in
wild rush, dipping it into a frothinp
naelStrom. Canoes ranged ont to
1ead off any stampede back to land.
Fhe canoemen, now soothingly, now
u hrply echoed the calls of the liam
'ros, who watched kecnly from the :
'ank. their swarthy countenances !
'oftoned by broad -hrlmmed sombre-
os. while blue and white abitas hung
'ractfully across the silver horns of G
heir beautifully wrought saddles. @
he river swept by in persistent effort q
0 nieak through this living, counter Q
stream.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23
Attack Is Risl1ed

The courageous cabestero, still
leading the herd, his head mere pin
! point behind that of his swimming
! horse, risked not only drowning, but
! the carihe and cayman. The caribes
(voracious little fishes) attack in my
, riads, biting with such drin-liLe
rapidity that they can soon strip y
victims body to the bone. The dread
ed cayman is the alligator or crocodile,
indonted-legged, enormous saurians,
often over 20 feet in length. With re.
pellant, obtuse snout. gruesome hum
mocky eye, and snaky tail barley
showing above water, 1t watches
stealthily. Without warning, one may
look down the great "V'' of the open
NAV of one of these crafty, green
backed, white4bellied devils, or feel
the powerful fatal snap of his ivory
spiked Jaws. One Uritucu Indian girl.
thus seized, thrust out the eyes of the
creature with her fingers, secured her
release, and swan ashore with one
hand gone. Crocodiles seldom attack
horses or cattle In herds, but have
dragged men from horseback, and a
year rarely passes that these dreaded
man-eaters do not drag to their death
some OF the inhabitants of San Ferna-
10 or vicinity. Men there told me of
seeing these creatures seize their prey,
swim under water, and reappear at
mother part of the river to devour it
Others Take Up Drive
Across the Apure other llaneros
waited the cattle to round them up
or rest before the long trek north.
Occasionally one sees these descendant
# freedmen and slaves, naked to the
'aist, riding over the savannas, round
ng up cattle, equally skilful with gar
ocha and knife, their only weapons.
heir white cotton costume, with
hirt outside short trousers, is similar
, that Of the Arabs. In saddles, cut
aather designs, architecture. and
ra besques, Arabic Influence, intro
uced indirectly through the Spaniard
+ directly through Moorish followers
the conquistadores, maybe obserb-
| throughout Venezuela
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23

ably filthy that my boy was set t,
work with securing brush and buckets.
fortunately travellers carry their own
hamm0cEs and netting, for which wall
hooks are provided. Considerine the
uhAanit0rr ARRANGEMENTS and fctid
pools OF the sloughy streets, il was not
strange that during the thre" previous
months SIN hundred Of san Fcrnado's
tour thousand population paid pen
anc" to malarial fever and typhoid
not to mention ''yrllow jack" aud
heri-beri, the latter being so prevail
ent that on some maps this region
is recorded as the "beri beri coun
Try
R"voIntionary conditions rcouircd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23

strangers in Venezuela to be carefully
"atrh'd and from the time the rail-
way guard registered me ON that beau
tuul ride mp from La Guayra. | WAS
aWHF" OF constant surveillance. Gus
tom required ne to notify the state
pres dcntes or the town alcaldes of NV
''rl"I ana departure. At san Fern
a"o'a after being challenged by one
or the Presidente's irregular guard
or Sandaled soldiers, His EXccllency
formally received me.
IN" ScreoCh Of unoilcd blocks and
n" NociteratOns of the poems ceased
ana $testa, when nature as well as
man pauS"S in labor, hung in heated
silence. Faint staccato cries pulsatcd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23

slowly nearer--'Oy. oy. Hah-ha'h,
ha hike the calls of the yeno-
|oelan stevedore crew when we ran
down to French Guiana with Oriocy
steers aboard. My surmise of big
drive led me beyond the town to the
'"ah&a, long, narrow corral through
"hlch cattle are driven into the river.
soon, under palm -thatched rancho,
! was seated among dark -visaged,
mld hcgrimed group of Ilaneros lust
IN from the drive. Locally, lanero
lntans cowboy or hcrder, but coast
NeneHnelans apply it to any inhabit-
mt of the llanos. The herd was to
est for a few hours before the ex-
laHSting swim across the Azure per
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23
Cowboys and Cowboy Ways in Venezuela Described bv Colonel
Furong Who Made Trip Through That South American Land

=, Her-band crowned with hides salt
e bags, and clutter of cargo, amid
q which poems and half castles idled
= Little one-storied adobe houses, white
C walled and red-tiled backed from the
r Apure to Il pretty plaza; into Il muddy
$ lagoon to the right the river seeped-
, likewise refuse from several meat
dealers sheds, where great flakes OF
| llVid meat hung sun-drying.
} The Apure is probably the Capuri,
) which Sir Walter Raleigh named
from natives hearsay, when his lit
! tie caravel .slushed few leagues up
the Orinoco. Its tributaries were
scarcely known to Europe, even by
name, until the last of the eighteenth
! century.
| After reaching San Fernado by the
, orlnoco. my plan was TO work north
through central Venezuela in the sad
die. But -"quien saben" the rainy
season had begun and the water was |
already flooding over the llanos, in !
curing risk of drowning or, at best, |
being marooned for months: so each
terrific downpour increased my appre-
hension. At San Fernado | presented
my letter to Senor Felix Fernandez,
the company's agent, who rendered.
me much kindly assistance, but advis-
ed me to return the way had come. t.
With The Herds
A long, snake-like thread wormed
its way across the Apure.
Where are those cattle going?"
They are on the drive north"
''Ihen what is TO sion me-