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FALLS OF GONYE. 
Chap. XIV. 
men, have large, deeply-developed chests and shoulders, with 
indifferent lownr extremities. They often engage in loud scold¬ 
ing of each other, in order to relieve the tedium of their work. 
About eleven we land, and eat any meat which may have re¬ 
mained from the previous evening meal, or a biscuit with honey, 
and drink water. 
After an hour’s rest we again embark and cower under an 
umbrella. The heat is oppressive, and, being Aveak from the 
last attack of fever, I cannot land, and keep the camp supplied 
with flesh. The men, being quite uncovered in the sun, perspire 
profusely, and in the afternoon begin to stop, as if waiting for 
the canoes Avhich have been left behind. Sometimes we reach a 
sleeping-place two hoars before sunset, and, all being troubled 
Avith languor, Ave gladly remain for the night. Coffee again, and 
a biscuit, or a piece of coarse bread made of maize meal, or that 
of the native corn, make up the bill of fare for the evening, 
unless Ave have been fortunate enough to kill something, when 
Ave boil a potful of flesh. This is done by cutting it up into long 
strips and pouring in water till it is covered. When that is 
boiled dry, the meat is considered ready. 
The people at Gonye carry the canoes over the space requisite 
to avoid the falls, by slinging them on poles tied on diagonally. 
They place these on their shoulders, and, setting about the work 
with good humour, soon accomplish the task. They are a merry 
set of mortals,—a feeble joke ^ets them off in a flt of laughter. 
Here, as elseAvhere, all petitioned for the magic lantern, and, as 
it is a good means of conveying instruction, I Avillingly com2)lied. 
The falls of Gonye haA^e not been made by wearing back, 
like those of Niagara, but are of a fissure form. For many 
miles beloAv, the river is confined in a narrow space of not 
more than one hundred yards wide. The water goes boiling 
along, and gives the idea of great masses of it rolling over and 
over, so that even the most expert swimmer would find it diffi¬ 
cult to keep on the surface. Here it is that the river Avhen in 
flood rises fifty or sixty feet in peiqiendicular height. The 
islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as 
can be seen anyAvhere. YieAved from the mass of rock Avhich 
overliangs the fall, the scenery Avas the loveliest I had seen. 
• Nothing Avorthy of note occurred on our Avay up to Nameta. 
