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Scarcity of Provisions in Fernando Po Diet of the Natives Their Timidity Its probable Cause The Recovery of a Liberated African Deserter Departure from Fernando Po Reflections on the Uses of the Settlement Causes of Failure Insalubrity of the Climate Probabilities of Improvement Arrival off the mouth of the Camaroon River Chase of a Brigantine Her Capture Her suspicious Appearance Slave Accommodations Pirates of the North Atlantic Ocean Prince's Island Visit to the Governor Drunken Frolic of a Marine Provisions Delicious Coffee Account of the Town Population Varieties of Colour in the Inhabitants West-bay Inhospitality of the Governor and Merchants Visit to a Brazilian Brigantine Difficulty of obtaining a Passage to Angola Departure of the Emprendadora The Eden leaves Prince's Island Crossing the Equinoctial Line Dolphin and Flying-fish Trade-winds Ascension Island at Daybreak Landing Description of the Settlement Turtle Goats' Flesh Abundant Poultry Island Game Aboriginal Foes Unfaithful Friends Gladiatorial Sports Privileges of Settlers Traffic Roads Water Culture of Soil Produce Vegetables Live Stock Population Employments Hours of Labour Recreations Departure from the Island Recollections of Ascension on a former Voyage Dampier, the Navigator The Variables An Affidavit on Crossing the Line Change of Weather Dutch Galliot Passage for the Brazils Parting of Friends
It was near this place that Jose de Iturriaga founded the Pueblo de Ciudad Real, which still figures on the most modern maps, though it has not existed for fifty years past, on account of the insalubrity of its situation. Beyond the point where the Orinoco turns to the east, forests are constantly seen on the right bank, and the llanos or steppes of Venezuela on the left.
The Rio de Aguas Calientes runs towards the north-east, and becomes, near the coast, a considerable river, swarming with great crocodiles, and contributing, by its inundations, to the insalubrity of the shore. We descended towards Porto Cabello, having constantly the river of hot water on our right. The road is extremely picturesque, and the waters roll down on the shelves of rock.
The insalubrity of the climate, so very injurious to a European constitution, was also a great drawback to the prosecution of those commercial advantages, which the discovery of the termination of the Niger offered to this country; it was literally sending men to die a premature death to embark them on board of an African trader, and we have the authority of the late Captain Fullerton for stating, that he scarcely ever knew an individual who, although he might escape the pestilential fevers of the country for the second, and even the third or fourth time, that did not eventually die.
But it must not, therefore, be supposed that the place is more unhealthy than other parts on the coast, or even that the deaths which occurred, during the period to which I more particularly allude, were occasioned by the insalubrity of the situation.
Added to the discomfort and insalubrity of this crowding, they were almost penniless, having nothing but "Kossuth money." For the time the sources of their income were entirely arrested. In this instance one of the children died succumbed to bad air and privation.
The traveller has to contend with the obstacles presented by a miry soil, large scattered rocks, and strong vegetation. He must sleep in the open air, pass through the valleys of the Unare, the Tuy, and the Capaya, and cross torrents which swell rapidly on account of the proximity of the mountains. To these obstacles must be added the dangers arising from the extreme insalubrity of the country.
The causes and remedies of the insalubrity of Rome and its environs have been for some time the object of careful investigation, and many valuable reports have been published on the subject.
We had suffered severely from the sting of insects, but we had withstood the insalubrity of the climate; we had passed without accident the great number of waterfalls and bars, which impede the navigation of the rivers, and often render it more dangerous than long voyages by sea.
Exposure, toil, and the insalubrity of the marshy ground, consigned one hundred thousand to the grave during this first year. The morass had to be drained, and the ground raised by bringing earth from a distance. Wheelbarrows were not in use there, and the laborers conveyed the earth in baskets, bags and even in the skirts of their clothes, scooping it up with their hands and with wooden paddles.
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