374 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



Governor of Fernando Po and had kept " open 

 house " to all comers for nearly forty years ; there 

 I met Commanders Beamesh and Wratislaw, with 

 some other naval officers belonging to the gun- 

 boats, and the former very kindly lent me a 

 lighter and a few hands to assist in transferring our 

 baggage from the " Retriever" to the " Minerva." 

 We sat down twenty to table, and had a very 

 jolly day, finishing the night at the house of two 

 charming "yeller girls," who, educated in Eng- 

 land, were decidedly the belles of the Island. 

 As usual at Coast gatherings, songs were the 

 order of the night, and when my turn came round 

 I gave them the following old Indian chant : — 



"THE HUNTING PHYSICIAN." 



Keep silence, good folks, and I pray you attend, 

 For I'm no common singer you'll find in the end ; 

 I'm " a Hunting Physician" and cure ev'ry ill. 

 Disorders and pains without bolus or pill. 

 Let the man who, disturbed by misfortune and care, 

 Away to the woodlands and valleys repair ; 

 Let him hear but the notes of the heart-stirrlug horn, 

 With the hounds in full cry, and his troubles are gone. 

 Tally-ho ! Tally-ho ! 



