I Knew Not Where To Rest
My Wearied Limbs, But Was Happily Relieved By A Fishing Canoe
Belonging To Silla, Which Was At That Moment Coming Down The River.
The Dooty Waved To The Fisherman To Come Near, And Desired Him To
Take Charge Of Me As Far As Moorzan.
The fisherman, after some
hesitation, consented to carry me, and I embarked in the canoe in
company with the fisherman, his wife, and a boy.
The negro who had
conducted me from Modiboo now left me. I requested him to look to
my horse on his return, and take care of him if he was still alive,
which he promised to do.
Departing from Kea, we proceeded about a mile down the river, when
the fisherman paddled the canoe to the bank and desired me to jump
out. Having tied the canoe to a stake, he stripped off his clothes,
and dived for such a length of time that I thought he had actually
drowned himself, and was surprised to see his wife behave with so
much indifference upon the occasion; but my fears were over when he
raised up his head astern of the canoe and called for a rope. With
this rope he dived a second time, and then got into the canoe and
ordered the boy to assist him in pulling. At length they brought up
a large basket, about ten feet in diameter, containing two fine
fish, which the fisherman - after returning the basket into the
water - immediately carried ashore and hid in the grass.
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