. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. e way tothe coast—was very steep and slippery, which the AleTurus,inciting each ether with cries of Gossa, gossa (good, good),required all their strength to get our baggage up. At 2400feet, coming on a few houses called Wasilale in the middle ofa forest garden, the first signs of life we had seen since leavingthe river Bloi, we decided to halt for the night, and pressforward to the lake next day. We took up our quarters in a rest-house of the most abjectdescription, but quite in kee
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. e way tothe coast—was very steep and slippery, which the AleTurus,inciting each ether with cries of Gossa, gossa (good, good),required all their strength to get our baggage up. At 2400feet, coming on a few houses called Wasilale in the middle ofa forest garden, the first signs of life we had seen since leavingthe river Bloi, we decided to halt for the night, and pressforward to the lake next day. We took up our quarters in a rest-house of the most abjectdescription, but quite in keeping with their own miserabledwellings. Three or four men, who had shortly after ourarrival started off evidently to their gardens, returned carryingbetween them a large pig which they had killed to mark therare event of European visitors in their midst. The women andgirls hurried about bringing blocks of stone, with which theyformed a large paved area to serve as an oven, whereon theypiled a roaring fire till the stones began to burst from the heatin loud reports. As soon as the stones were heated to the. IN BURU. 399 heart, hastily clearing off the fire they threw the pig body-bulkon the glowing stones, closely covering it up with fresh greenbanana leaves. In little over an hour we had served up to usa piece of pork baked to perfection, the most deliciouslyflavoured I have ever tasted. When we had rested some timeafter our meal their jubilation was further marked by a musicalperformance given in one of their huts, and, as we were invitedto attend, I had an opportunity of seeing the interior arrange-ment of their houses. They were constructed of uneven strips of tree bark, roughlyset up side by side on the unlevelled ground, held in place bynarrow rinds of bamboo on each side, tightly tied together bythongs at the gaps between each strip of bark. By these widechinks the pigs and dogs made the dwelling as much theirsas the owners. The roof was of palm thatch and badly puton p
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