Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . hepeaks of the Kong, in no more romantic a spotthan the Editorial Eoom of Haiyer^s Magazine. Trusting some day to giA^e our readers someaccounts of Mr. Du Chaillus hunts of the gorilla,and adventures among the ghoul-like tribes of A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE MOON. 028 the Western Interior, who eat their dead, andhave even disinterred the buried and putridcorpses of their neighbors to convert them intofood, we propose now to follow Captain Rich-ard Burton on his tour to the mysterious Landof the Moon. For several centuries Europea
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . hepeaks of the Kong, in no more romantic a spotthan the Editorial Eoom of Haiyer^s Magazine. Trusting some day to giA^e our readers someaccounts of Mr. Du Chaillus hunts of the gorilla,and adventures among the ghoul-like tribes of A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE MOON. 028 the Western Interior, who eat their dead, andhave even disinterred the buried and putridcorpses of their neighbors to convert them intofood, we propose now to follow Captain Rich-ard Burton on his tour to the mysterious Landof the Moon. For several centuries European geographershave had dim and vague reports of one, or two, or three great seas, said to be situated in the farinterior of Central Africa. Arab merchantshad traveled thither in search of ivory, the pre-cious copal gum, and slaves. They had broughtback accounts, embellished in the Eastern way,of the dangers of the passage, and the beautyand prosperity of the country. Rich princesruled over industrious people, who practiced the 624 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY Mganf a, orMedicine Man. PEESONNEX. OF TUE Porter. Muinyi Kidogo. Mother and Child. The Kirangozi, orGuide. iirts and amenities of life, owned flocks andherds, houses, slaves, and cultivated fields. Thegreat sea, of almost boundless extent, was navi-gated by vessels, who carried on a profitablecoasting-trade, and made the waters white andgay with prosperous sails. Such a country andpeople, indeed, as might—but never do—existin some secluded, well-guarded spot of was the Land of the Moon. On our mostrecent charts this considerable region is prudent-ly marked unexplored, and the blank yellowtint, which seems to consign it to torrid heatsand yellow fevers, is blotted only by a seriesof dots which represent the great sea, andwhich, with the infelicity of map-makers, areput in exactly the Avrong place. It is this region, so long wrapped in mysteryand given over to Arab tradition, that CaptainBurton d
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