CROSSING THE t.OAJIMA. 
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made high demands bocauso I slept in a “ house of cloth” 
and must bo rich. They seemed to think that they had a 
perfect right to payment lor simply passing through the 
country. 
Beyond tho Chilcapa wo crossod the Kamaue, a small, 
deep stream proceeding from the S.S.W. and flowing int c 
tho Chikapa. 
On tho 30th of April we reached tho Loajima, -whore we 
had to form a bridge to offect our passage. This was not 
so difficult an operation as some might imagine; for a tree 
» LONOA LADY'S MODE Of WEARING HER HAIR. 
Wa* growing in a horizontal position across part of the 
Stream, and, thore being no want of tho tough climbing 
plants which admit of being knitted liko ropes, Sonhor P. 
soon constructed a bridgo. Tho Loajima was hero about 
twenty-five yards wide, but very much deeper than where 
t had crossed before on tho shoulders of Mashauana. The 
