80 MELANCHOLY FATE OF BARON HARNIER. [chap. i. 
from assisting his master, who had thus jeopardized 
his life to save him, fled from the spot. The unfor¬ 
tunate baron was found by the missionaries trampled 
and gored into an undistinguisliable mass; and the 
dead body of the buffalo was found at a short dis¬ 
tance, the animal having been mortally wounded. I 
went to see the grave of this brave Prussian, who had 
thus sacrificed so noble a life for so worthless an object 
as a cowardly native. It had been well cared for by 
the kind hands of the missionaries, and was protected 
by thorn bushes laid around it, but I fear it will be 
neglected now that the mission has fallen into unholy 
hands. It is a pitiable sight to witness the self- 
sacrifice that many noble men have made in these 
frightful countries without any good results. Near 
to the grave of Baron Harnier are those of several 
members of the mission, who have left their bones in 
this horrid land, while not one convert has been made 
from the mission of St. Croix. 
The river divides into two branches, about five 
miles above this station, forming an island. Upon 
this is a fishing-station of the natives; the native 
name of the spot is Pomone. The country is swampy 
and scantily covered with bushes and small trees, but 
no actual timber. As usual, the entire country is 
dead flat; it abounds with elephants a few miles 
