Through five republics on horseback : being an account of many wanderings in South America . t to Feast). There a punt wasmoored, into which we placed our saddles, etc.,and paddled across, while the horses swam thealmost stagnant water. Saddling up on the otherside, we had a journey of thirty miles to makebefore arriving at a waterhole, where we campedfor the second night. I dont know what realnectar is, but that water was nectar to me, al-though the horses sniffed and at first refused todrink it. At sunset on the third day we emerged fromthe palm forest and endless marshes, and by theevening
Through five republics on horseback : being an account of many wanderings in South America . t to Feast). There a punt wasmoored, into which we placed our saddles, etc.,and paddled across, while the horses swam thealmost stagnant water. Saddling up on the otherside, we had a journey of thirty miles to makebefore arriving at a waterhole, where we campedfor the second night. I dont know what realnectar is, but that water was nectar to me, al-though the horses sniffed and at first refused todrink it. At sunset on the third day we emerged fromthe palm forest and endless marshes, and by theevening of the fourth day the church, built ofpalm logs, loomed up on the horizon. Many ofthe Indians came out to meet us, and my arrivalwas the talk of the village. The people seemedhappy, and the missionaries made me at homein their roughly-built log shanties. Next morn-ing I found a gift had been brought me by theIndians. It was a beautiful feather headdress,but it had just been left on the step, the usualway they have of making presents. The Indianexpects no thanks, and he giv^ none. The 226. TAMASWA (THE LOCUST EATER) PROCl RINC. young man could put the point of his arrow into a deers eye a hundred yards distant.
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