CHAPTER VI

OVERLAND  TRAVELLING

I WILL now devote some time to the consideration of
Overland Travelling, of which I have had a very large
experience.

The only means of getting through the country is by
hammock, as unfortunately horses will not live within the
Sherbro.

When you are about to start on a long journey it is
advisable to provide yourself with two sorts of hammocks ;
one with a canopy, to be carried by four men, for the
broader roads, the other, merely a country cloth tied at
both ends to a pole. This last is for use along the narrow
tracks, and is carried by two men only.

Figure 13 shows the large hammock with canopy. I
was proceeding along the road here seen, which is a good
specimen of an open highway, when, soon after passing
a small town, I noticed that I was followed by a number
of people, some of whom had never before seen a white
man. The surroundings were so favourable that I stopped
the hammock and took the view.

The advantages of this hammock are, that it is
a   protection   from   the   sun   and   allows    one   to   jot