10/50 In India there is a fishing genus of owls, which likewise catches crabs. "Journal of Asiatic Soc." volume 5 page 363.) In the evening we crossed the Rio Arrecife on a simple raft made of barrels lashed together, and slept at the post-house on the other side. I this day paid horse-hire for thirty-one leagues; and although the sun was glaring hot I was but little fatigued. When Captain Head talks of riding fifty leagues a day, I do not imagine the distance is equal to 150 English miles. |