Travels of a pioneer of commerce in pigtail and petticoats; or, An overland journey from China towards India . asort of skid of hard wood fitted on the rope, and lifting hisfeet off the little stage, shoots with the rapidity of an arrowacross to the opposite bank, where on another little stage hegets out of the sling. For the purpose of recrossing, there isanother rope fastened in a corresponding manner. By meansof these bamboo ropes even mules and cattle are transportedfrom bank to bank. People unaccustomed to this mode of crossing rivers areapt to become giddy, from the rapidity with which t
Travels of a pioneer of commerce in pigtail and petticoats; or, An overland journey from China towards India . asort of skid of hard wood fitted on the rope, and lifting hisfeet off the little stage, shoots with the rapidity of an arrowacross to the opposite bank, where on another little stage hegets out of the sling. For the purpose of recrossing, there isanother rope fastened in a corresponding manner. By meansof these bamboo ropes even mules and cattle are transportedfrom bank to bank. People unaccustomed to this mode of crossing rivers areapt to become giddy, from the rapidity with which they shootthrough the air, especially if they look down, for the ropesare often 100 to 200 feet above the water. Ch. XI.] TZ-COO MISSION STATION. 309 Having safely crossed this novel bridge, I was warmlygreeted on the little stage by the French Fathers Biet andDubernard, missionaries of the station, and conducted bythem to their modest house, a short distance from the ropebridge. They would not hear of my leaving them that day,so I sent word to the Goneah chief to camp, and I wouldjoin him in the ROPE BRIDGE ON THE LAN-TSAN-KIANO. At the Mission Station I met a motley group of Mosos,Lei-sus, Ya-ts, Mooquors, and Lu-ts, all connected as con-verts or tenants with the mission, for the Fathers own a largedistrict, including the village of Wha-foo-pin, having pur-chased it of the Ya-ts chief, who resides at a village of thesame name, two days journey from Tz-coo; and the Lei-su 310 TEAVELS OF A PIONEER OF COMMERCE. [Ch. XI. population of this Church estate are nearly all mission was established some thirty years ago, for thepurpose of converting the neighbouring tribes, especially thesavage Lu-ts, who inhabit a strip of country about fiftymiles in length, between the Lan-tsan and Nou-kiang rivers,stretching from the neighbourhood of Wha-foo-pin in thenorth, to Weisee-foo in the south. These Lu-ts are most barbarous in their habits. Insaying this, I must be u
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