434 DISTANCE OF THE MOUNTAIN. 



eyes upon him, that instant he would be struck 

 with blindness. 



Yamora is stated to be distant, inland from 

 Pedir, two days' journey travelling on foot, and 

 Yamori is the same distance from the other 

 mountain ; not, however, as the crow flies, but 

 it would take that period of time to reach it, 

 from the winding and difficulties of the road. 

 From this account there is every reason to sup- 

 pose that earthquakes and volcanic eruptions 

 are oc^casionally felt upon this coast. As far as 

 we could ascertain, there was no appearance of 

 a burning volcano existing in either of the moun- 

 tains just mentioned ; they were both densely 

 clothed with vegetation, more especially the 

 *' Golden Mountain." 



Near the banks of the river, a short distance up, 

 is an uninclosed native burial-ground ; the graves 

 had a stone or piece of wood placed both at the 

 head and foot : there were several trees of Hibiscus 

 tiliaceus, Tamarindus Indica, and a very large one, 

 called Ba, Glmnpong by the natives, (Stercidia 

 fwtida,Lmn.) which was described by them as being 

 poisonous, producing violent vomiting and pains 

 in the head, if the fruit be eaten. I subsequently 

 saw it, planted about the fences in the village. 

 There were two of these fine, lofty, and spreading 

 trees in the burial-ground, and I procured speci- 



