He was, however, unable to walk, and, for the first time, a hammock was got out and mounted.
There is no more comfortable conveyance in the world than a hammock in Africa.

It is slung from a long bamboo pole, overhead a thick awning keeps the sun from the hammock.

Across the ends of the pole boards of some three feet long are fastened.

The natives wrap a piece of cloth into the shape of a muffin and place it on their heads, and then take their places, two at each end of the pole, with the ends of the board on their heads.

They can trot along at the rate of six miles an hour, for great distances, often keeping up a monotonous song.