TlMEHRI. 
course of one's life, which then seems but one long 
vista of pains and sorrows and dangers. Thus, on 
this fourth morning of our journey through the forest 
life seemed to me as gloomy as it could possibly be ; the 
difficulties which lay before us seemed insurmountable ; 
success seemed impossible. 
So it was for the first few hours of our walk that 
morning. Then suddenly, at about 10, a.m., the forest 
ended in a distinct line and the path passed out of the 
forest on to the wide open savannah — and such a glorious 
savannah ! It ran along the ridges of the mountain, 
down its slopes, over wide, well watered and green plains, 
up on to other ranges of curiously terraced mountains, 
and on, ever over mountain after mountain, until it lost 
itself, to our eyes, in the blue misty distance. A most 
refreshingly cool, — almost cold, and strong wind, loaded 
with sweet wide gathered scents, hurried a few light 
clouds across the bright blue sky, lighted by a glorious 
sun ; and the shadows of these c-louds racing over the 
mountains and the valleys and over the many well 
wooded ravines completed the intense and glorious 
beauty of the scene. From out of the long black prison 
of the gloomy forest, a step had brought us into this 
splendidly wide world with its atmosphere of freedom 
and welcome promise of success. 
Soon, in the distance, perched on a flat and high 
grassy hill-top, a valley lying between us and it, we saw 
the high conical thatched roofs of a large Partamona 
village, which, as are all the villages of that 
district, is situated so as to possess an outlook 
of quite ideal magnificence. Coming to this village, 
called Euworra-eng, an hour later, we found it full 
