the posts and walla of t'ae station and 

 generally Impeding the work of the 



" railway officii?. Ha had cd'ecled puna 

 ct all sorts and etz 's, o^cnUted to kill 

 (If held etra'gh!) everything, iiom the 

 lordly elephant lo the tiny humming 

 bird, and these, doubtless to evade the 

 callosity of the police myrmidons, be had 

 picked In a colossal case, ostentatiously 

 labelled, " b Ulard table,' acetylene 

 lamps, a dynamo, coils of rope, dock?, 

 plga and kids (for live ball) and biles of 

 mosquito netting. The curiosity of the 

 crowd was shortly satleflsd by a voice 

 therefrom, evidently referring to our 

 ~Eatomolr>gIs f , who was striding sbne; 

 falily bristling with oameras, butterfly 

 nets, harpoons and other brlc-a-brao, 

 gracefully festooned round him. " Dit 

 Is de Buckra wba' stands on his head in 

 de olrous round de niv»nn>. Day does 

 oaal him Tama." When the bales of 

 mosquito netting were b dug transferred 

 to the van, I remarked innocently to the 

 Editor that I supposed a laig-. portion 

 of the netting would be reqahed In the 



. . event of capture to prr.leo- ihe huili't or 

 anaconda from the bites of the artophtle, 

 as I prisumed Jtmrach would not p*y for 

 a snake with malaria, and I regret to state 

 that his answer was rode. However, al! 

 •board, and off we went When nearlng 

 Arims, the EUtor, who had been 

 fli^ettlng ab?ut, bsked us if we had 

 seen them patting the Biaek and 

 While with top, eto , In the van, as he had 

 not seen it himself, but he knew he had 

 ordered It to be sent. I atked him If ha 

 bad told the agents ot Tailor M jor 

 that he was going third class, for If he 



'■ had not done so tha loe and concomitants 

 were most probnb!y at that moment 

 perspiring graos fully and gradually 

 In the second class waiting • room 

 Again I regret to slate hb language 

 was^untenable, even from a journalistic 

 point ot view. At Gaalco we were met 

 by the manly form end welcoming Bmile 

 of our host W. W., who piloted as forth- 

 with to his temporary bungalow on the 



' plains where the Quire fljws and Arlpo 

 rushes rapidly.} W. W , gi>nfrj»!)y known 

 to his intimes as "Wuffalo Will," has 

 been a great traveller and hunter for 

 years. In Honolulu he taught King 

 Kimeham* how to play orloket and 

 danced the hull hula with his Qioen. 

 Has tracked timers and rogue elephants 

 In Java, tripped sarabands with the Sultan 

 of Sarawak's fair lady, tarried In sweet 

 dalliance with Sam-mo prlcof-a'es and has 

 neatly been spoofed by the King of the 

 Canibal Inlands, tbe terrible Hokee-pokee 

 whankee-fum of New Guinea, when that 

 hungry monarch smelt the blood of an 

 Englishman. After many years, filled 

 with the vicissitudes of a traveller's life, 

 hair-breadth escapes and dangers by flood 

 and field, he has made up his mind to 

 pass the autumn of his days In beautiful 

 lere and Is erecting his wigwam on a 

 lovely spot of palm land, where his eyes 

 will be always gladdened with the etat* ly 

 presence of the roy-.l palm and toe 

 gracaful fronds of the Pt os ilx ; 

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In that one word or sentence was em- 

 bodied an order to go and being two 

 botljles of the '* ron viego deDon Ribalro." 

 After breakfaa', the Entomologist and 

 Essayist looked rour.d for the softest spots 

 whereon they could enjoy a dlgestory 

 coma, but it was not to be : the stern faced 

 Editor said ihey had come oat to earn 

 one thousand golden sovereigns and they 

 must work for it, so all hands' had to 

 tote gsar down to the No. 2 water hole, 

 where the hnillla or anaconda was 

 supposed to be, and which we found was 

 • p h ^« h?I,>cr watched aevevel BV*rtf!h 



about the breath of rum, said i| "Ic is 

 getting dark, yoa degenerates had 

 better go up and get dinner, but send 

 down the aoetylene lamp and some 

 moequlto netting-. I, personally, fchall 

 nolleava hare until something happens. 

 You can si o send down food for myself 

 and ' Woffaie,' as he is an old shikarri 

 he must stop." The Entomologist and 

 Essayist, remarking that brain work 

 was very exhausting, went up to the 

 bung»l»w, where It was f ootid the 

 missing luxuries had arrived. Af,er 



was a bottle of Black and White, which 

 was at once ralbid on " Wuff^lo's " face 

 and hands and poured down his throat. 

 Ha gave two or three deep lubsl-tions 

 and said in feeble tones "Qialla mabfou 

 a la panga mun<!elay." (He talks good 

 Simoandoea "Wuflalo" and this Is the 

 general address of a Samoan prlnoesa to a 

 stranger and means, " White man, what 

 will you have to drink?" Some of the 

 retainers were now requisitioned to carry 

 the reviving " WuflUlo " %up to tie 

 house. The Essayist now went on guard 

 at No. 2 hole while Ihe Editor watched 

 No. 1. The night seemed interminable 

 and tbeEisaylBt was b.-glnning to kick 

 himself for having been found In this 

 gulley when he heard a yell from No.l 

 hole, and running there femnd, horror of 

 horrors ! the only editor already In the 

 colls of a glgantio hulllia. Be frantioally 

 tried to shoot the brute, but the gun 

 id Are. He fortunately recollected 

 eeeicga Urge bottle in the Editors pos- 

 session labelled " LIq. Amm. Fort." And 

 the lamps being bright be speedily found 

 it and advanced on the monster, calling 

 out "O, lion Ridaoteur, my Editor, I 

 come, I come." Nought oould be seen 

 above the hideous body bat the pile and 

 determined face of the Elitor, whleh 

 had just begun to be hypnotised by the 

 baullibk eye and lambent toogue of Ihe 

 glgantio brute. Still be said in firm ac- 

 cents : "Tell my «taff I die that T.lnldad 

 may live. Aio Punoh." Al the same 

 moment the Essayist put the ammonia 

 bottle against the hnillla s mouth and 

 took out the stopper— 



B - V" A-a a-tlshcoi" A-a-a-tlshoo 1 Sneezi 

 after sneezo shock tbe valley, the mons- 

 ter's ooils relaxed and tbe Editor fell In 

 the Essayist's arms Ha was sensible but 

 weak, and as plucky as ever, saying : 

 "Secu-.ehlm while Ihe muaoles are slick" 

 (tbe snake vra still sneezing). Then the 

 EhaaylBt shouted in stentorian polyglot : 

 "Ausficoo, Dominique, Loals -Fifl; vlni 

 vile- pon roarer groe serpent !— al, Jjse, 



Domingo ven aoa, culebra 0 jo, run 



yo devils. Whoop I " And promptly 

 th?y responded to tbe call, the new rope 

 was brought into requisition and within 

 the course of a few minutes the hnillla 

 was strongly bound. Ai the Editor and 

 Essayist wended their triumphant, yet 

 withal weary, way baok to the bunga- 

 low, they heaida fiae baritone singing 

 the famous German song, " la cellar 

 coo!" and when ihev ctot Into the Hsrb 



