Up the Mazaruni for diamonds . ~.:^^>-iS%^ A JUNGLE hotel W. WE WORKED STEADILY UPTHE DANGEROUS RIVER FOR DIAMONDS At the same time each one was given extratea, sugar and crackers for the light morningmeal, to save time in breaking camp. Withtheir pint of flour they baked a cake besidethe fire, using the salt from their fish for theseasoning. Sometimes boiled plantains wereeaten with their supper but these theybrought with them as they are not requiredby the Governmental regulations to be fur-nished them. These plantains are much likebananas, but smaller and really considerablydifferent in
Up the Mazaruni for diamonds . ~.:^^>-iS%^ A JUNGLE hotel W. WE WORKED STEADILY UPTHE DANGEROUS RIVER FOR DIAMONDS At the same time each one was given extratea, sugar and crackers for the light morningmeal, to save time in breaking camp. Withtheir pint of flour they baked a cake besidethe fire, using the salt from their fish for theseasoning. Sometimes boiled plantains wereeaten with their supper but these theybrought with them as they are not requiredby the Governmental regulations to be fur-nished them. These plantains are much likebananas, but smaller and really considerablydifferent in taste. Then there was game andfish to supply additional meat so that, withthe foodstuffs we brought along, everyonefared quite well. As soon as they had eaten and had cleanedtheir tin plates they crawled into their ham-mocks and filled their short black clay pipeswith tobacco. I must say that it was not avery attractive brand of tobacco, to judgefrom the odor. That night we gave cigarettesto those who did not have them and after thatwe sold them cigarette tob
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