. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . eir union and numbers, became for-midable to their oppressors. They retiredto a considerable distance from the Dutchsettlements, and, occupying a fertile tractof country, erected such slight habitationsas their means afforded, and the climaterequired. They began to till the soil, andbountiful nature returned an abundant har-vest for their efforts. They increased rap-idly, and in progress of years they establisheda government suited to their condition. Bydegrees the hostihty between them and theDutch settlement subsided, and amicable
. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . eir union and numbers, became for-midable to their oppressors. They retiredto a considerable distance from the Dutchsettlements, and, occupying a fertile tractof country, erected such slight habitationsas their means afforded, and the climaterequired. They began to till the soil, andbountiful nature returned an abundant har-vest for their efforts. They increased rap-idly, and in progress of years they establisheda government suited to their condition. Bydegrees the hostihty between them and theDutch settlement subsided, and amicableintercourse commenced; and at the time Iwas there, a considerable traffic was carriedon between the inhabitants of Maroontownand those of Paramaribo. The settlementcontinues to the present time to consistentirely of a negro population, living in the DICK BOLDHERO. 65 heart of Guiana, almost without the mix-ture of foreign blood. Their manners arerather those of Africa than America. Weshall have something more to say of thisstrange place in another 66 DICK BOLDHERO. CHAPTER VII. RESIDENCE AT MAROONTOWN STORY OF KING CONGO. Although I was gradually recoveringfrom the state of extreme weakness to whichI had been reduced, still, I continued sofeeble as to render it impossible for me toproceed on my journey. I continued there-fore with my kind friends at Maroontown,occasionally taking a short walk about theplace. I soon became acquainted with anumber of the people. I was very muchgratified by the good-natured manner inwhich every body treated me. The houseswere extremely slight, many of them con-sisting only of sticks set in the ground, theroof and sides being formed of a thatchof palm leaves. Others were a little moresubstantial, the walls being framed of mudand stone. The place hardly seemed likethe abode of human beings; and when Igazed upon it, I fancied that it was only DICK BOLDHERO. 67 the village of some ingenious animals, alittle elevated, in the scale of being,
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