The Sherbro and its hinterland . ow bamboo trestle bridge, none toosecure, raised about twenty-five feet over the runningwater. After only travelling for five hours and twentyminutes we covered sixteen miles. This was first classgoing at the rate of three miles an hour, and at arrived at the town of Sinkunia. Sinkunia was a picturesque and open town with highhills near. The sight of the cattle grazing recalled manya pretty scene of pastoral English landscape. How thankful we were that we had completely left behindus the country of granite boulders ! From Sinkunia wehad a very pleasant
The Sherbro and its hinterland . ow bamboo trestle bridge, none toosecure, raised about twenty-five feet over the runningwater. After only travelling for five hours and twentyminutes we covered sixteen miles. This was first classgoing at the rate of three miles an hour, and at arrived at the town of Sinkunia. Sinkunia was a picturesque and open town with highhills near. The sight of the cattle grazing recalled manya pretty scene of pastoral English landscape. How thankful we were that we had completely left behindus the country of granite boulders ! From Sinkunia wehad a very pleasant little journey of five miles along ex-cellent valley roads to the pretty little town of Mandingo women here had quite a new style ofdressing their heads. It will be seen from Figure ^6 thatthe wool was drawn up in a tuft to the left, and passedthrough a circular piece of konk shell. This ornament iscalled kolona. The next day we did a fourteen mile march to the townof Bafodia in the Warra Warra Limba country. This was. XXVI SIR F. CARDEWS TOUR 291 a large town and full of people. This days travelling wasalso very pleasant; we were still marching between loftyhills of bare granite, although now and again we had tomake an ascent. There was one terrible gorge of greatdepth into which we looked down from a narrow ridge,afterwards passing the base of a lofty and very beautifulhill. On the arrival of the Governor, the town of Bafodia v/assoon en fete. Horsemen were riding about, a great numberof men carried long flint-iock guns ; several at a timewould rush into the large open space in the centre of thetown, place the stocks against their half turned bodies, andfire off their guns in the ecstasy of their delight, dancingand running back to reload. After this play had gone onfor some time we were treated to an exhibition of swordfeats by some of the warriors ; the whole performance con-cluding with the usual dancing by the men to the musicof small drums, which they beat wit
Size: 1363px × 1834px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1901
