CAPTAIN TUCKEY’S NARRATIVE. 158 
It was by great persuasion we could get our guide to go 
on after sunset, through his fears of wild beasts, and his 
superstitious terrors of the night combined ; and every five 
minutes he sounded a whistle, which it seems had been 
Fetiched by the Gangam kissey; and consequently both 
spirits and beasts fled at the sound. ‘The only traces of 
animals we saw this day were the foot prints of buffaloes, 
who had been to the brook we crossed in the morning to 
drink ; and we were surprised how so bulky an animal 
could ascend the hills; indeed the marks shewed that in 
descending they had sliden considerable distances on their 
hind legs. A wild hog also crossed us, making from thicket 
to thicket ; but our men were not fortunate enough to hit 
him, though four of them fired. 
Having crossed in a direct line from one of the fertile 
plateaus to the river, we had a good opportunity of seeing 
the formation and structure of the country near its banks } 
of which I have attempted to give an idea below. 
Hills of steep ascent | 
and rocky sides; their 
summits, plateaus of Bos eS 
fertile soil. | oS Ze = N Z 
Hills of yellow clay 
with vast masses of Ye BH zi S —— 
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A 07 2 aN z 
Hills of ferruginous by! Wes —— SA 
clay and small iron ye SSTJ qi, Y De a 
i fquart © Ser 2 seca XR ge 
stones ; masses ol quartz iA Fo VY SS R — & 
1001 So ems © © Sa ee 
Hills of quartz pebbles i. Se Ce + a pe 
State cliffs, 475, 
River, 
