Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . ht in an earthen pot, which is hung at the point. A thinslice is taken off the end, to open the pores and make the juice flowevery time the owner ascends to empty the pot. Temporary huts areerected in the forest, and men and boys remain by their respective treesday and night; the nuts, fish and wine being their sole food. The Por-tuguese use the palm-wine as yeast, and it makes bread so lig
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . ht in an earthen pot, which is hung at the point. A thinslice is taken off the end, to open the pores and make the juice flowevery time the owner ascends to empty the pot. Temporary huts areerected in the forest, and men and boys remain by their respective treesday and night; the nuts, fish and wine being their sole food. The Por-tuguese use the palm-wine as yeast, and it makes bread so light that itmelts in the mouth like froth. Above the palm-trees, a succession of rich, low islands stud the river>Many of them are cultivated and grow maize at all times of the patches ripe are .seen, and others half-grown, or just sprouting outof the ground. The shores are adorned with rows of banana-trees, andthe fruit is abundant and cheap. Many of the reedy banks are so inter-twined with convolvulus, and other creepers, as to be absolutely impene-trable. They are beautiful to the eye, a smooth wall of living greentrjsingout of the;crystal water, and adorned with lovely flowers; but sp. CURIOUS NEST OF THE FLAMINGO. (211) 212 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. dense that, if capsized in the water, one could scarcely pass through toland. Probably no tropical bird is more remarkable than the famousflamingo. The following incident is related by one of a party oftravellers in Africa: Our path led through the forest near the banks of the river, of whichwe occasionally got glimpses. It was here of considerable width,bordered by mangrove bushes. In one or two places there were wideflits covered with reeds. Suddenly, as we passed a point of the river, Isaw drawn up what had much the appearance, at the finst glance, of aregiment of soldiers, with red coats and white trousers. I Why, where can those men have come from? I cried out. ! A Beginaent of Birds. ?One of the party, who was ne
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