This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII THROUGH HINTER-ANNAM Preparations for our novel journey: The pholy of Dankia promises to accompany us: Scenery beyond the plateau: Difficulties of mountain and jungle paths: Our first night: Strange quarters: Cockroaches: A tremendous descent: Great welcome to a Moi village: The pholy's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII THROUGH HINTER-ANNAM Preparations for our novel journey: The pholy of Dankia promises to accompany us: Scenery beyond the plateau: Difficulties of mountain and jungle paths: Our first night: Strange quarters: Cockroaches: A tremendous descent: Great welcome to a Moi village: The pholy's hut: Ternum: Sleeping to an audience: A hasty departure: Mois' accurate shooting: Leeches: Crossing a river: Moi weavers: A narrow escape from a fight: The gradual extinction of the Moi race: Dankia again When the excitements of the tiger hunt were over, we urged M. d'Andr6 to undertake the great excursion which we had been prevented from making six months earlier. We were to explore a region into which M. d'Andre himself had never yet penetrated, and where probably no white person had been seen before. No danger, however, was to be feared, for the presence of two women in the convoy would reassure the savages, also the pholy and chief Mois of Dankia were to accompany us. These, who knew M. d'Andr6 well, would explain our peaceable intentions to the Mois and parley for a hut when we wished to spend a night in their villages. We should take coolies from each village as we came to it to carry our baggage and send them back again so as not to keep them away from their homes too long. By this means we should also obtain trustworthy guides, for the Mois of Dankia could not be relied upon as soon as we got beyond the immediate vicinity. Paths change their course at different times of the year owing to the difficulties of fording streams; if we were taken along a path which had not been recently used, we should find ourselves in great difficulties. Long discussions with the pholy of Dankia were required before we could start on our novel journey, ..
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