sfaie, with'his right Kând ?ïièaêi' HëtWaS'^àbWit” IS'
feeGlong; the plaeewas illuminated with lamps * and flowers in
abundance were spread -afourid. ‘ The waM-^wÉfe ’ dtfôfeéd with'
streaks of- reft black arid' * white paint, "arid g sortie 'Gingîése * characters
were drawn bri^the walls. Near t h e * w e i r e d fdw
huts for tlie'priests-. In
from this temple* wej came: to a %m&l!Uiihlosed! ptaèe, where was
a large rude bloek ofestoneipf -a greyislji' 0ol6rir.: I t had little
appearance* oft/being placed there ;by a ï t ; 1: several voltiges " df-
charaeters weru>vfsiblb upon ;h;, ! brit none bf- dur "âttëridsAsfeéuM
explain them or "give any tradition Of its Original I t
was near twenty- feet Mghj; arid I t
appeared to have bâM struck1 hPteb^iBl’ p la é ^ -'i^h-h^raiiii^i
Front this ffsktee/ which is palled 'TelUériHé -Gciammë, we^traced
hadk oiif route to Bomba,' rWhete!'Wé 'shOU ^oïfré* dfeër-arid a wild
hug. Bomba: is* a romantic place’ and Very* thidklÿ- ‘wO’oded'';
the fields abound with snipe and'&thef* gariae.;i! '; ThrWf - remarks
able rocky-*. Conic precipices ;*lîe* a'dittte' 4 ta f from ■ the riVerf
from, which we had; -a view of: the IQngib£|6Mli|#is-' cbhltf
a considerable distance along the /serpentine wittdingsuofr - the-
riv tr> 't:
From the great plenty Of- game* about^-Galt-ura, ifre^tifent
shooting parties, résort to* it, rind the commander’s- hospitality it
often called forth. Occasional1 "passengers also find good accom--
modation provided for them*. as* government hus'1 fdrmèhéd; the
commanding officer with an excellent houses and also gives hun.
a monthly allowance for keeping open table. The. methods em-
jfioyeebfrp hunting the deer and wild hog are similar to* those
still employed in the highlands of -Scotland by parties hunting the
.gfeat wild deer in the few extensive forests that yet remain. As
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tiae.cbuhtrji around ] Cfltjira, ^wHere^jthe gaime is, found; is co^
vjj^d/ywtiiip^freipely ielps# underwood^ % number- of the native
peasants,-are:,assenphed.andjj sent* in^t.jihë< ^©bds and .-»jungles,- by
If f l ^ 6V.exatl.pathsr. /and ppe^ngs,- - tiih p h e y ^ h a ^ copipfetelyi ep-
compassed.;a kuige space .of ^roqnd.h -.’T h e y ’them extend them-
sefres^.so, as, to form .a wide semiefrefr;(«pud in this ordèft ap-
^ c f r . tite pl^elwhjgre.fhm^portsrnenjare-rstafioned at-thei skirfeq
ofdthe. .wohdi; atJfhei.sameTimetmaking*jatiébd.naisetö rouse-the-
gagpe fjiat Jmayjhe;.concealed- in the thickets.! .Tlteranimals-find-
ing% thenpelves# bedelt. in their haunts, < naturally ^.rindcaptfeur to
niake their. escape, across the galley. topomeb other- hill or wood'
inutile /heigfabouihbddy. -but sooner, -have, fthpy beared; the
openings*, than* )%y«*find;thèm'sefres assailed by*, the sportsmen-
whp^have. GarefulLjb securedjxg^êry -passage^ and ‘hkyeistationed-
their; ;(Sipgtese';‘ma;rkstóe^pat ; short 4ista-pces from
each* other, all provided- with- fówling-piöces*för the occksioDi* The
dpstp^ty;, which the natives -shew in this- speeifes of -hunting, and-
thfis; celerity, rWith whfrh^they make .their »way through under-1
bustes; that appear impenetrable, 'Vis- -.y^ry-' suiy-i
prising,. . ,
Gertain..native;- manufactures■ are*' carried- on to a considerable
4>fo^i^i^altu!Bai. . A great Q u an tity |óf -arrack- h y par-
%'ular is made fiprrythe; grovesj of ebeoa^trees,- which extend
several, miles fry every; direction, and- from* Gblumbo to Galtura,
^ 4 / sevénai • j itt* one continued grove. There
is also a, large plantatipn of sugar .canes, here, and a distillery'
csfrrurn.carried .Qri by^ipme- Dutchmen whp;:.reshle..in the*village'
and neighbauirhpph I t is. however very much, inferior in quality
to. the; West India rum.
Six miles onward from Caltura hes Barbareen^.a small village,