Groups sat in chairs under the trees and sipped cooling drinks or coffee.

The very bullocks which drew the gliding wagons seemed to move more slowly than bullocks in other places.

Frank and his friend drove in a wagon to the monastery, high up on the mountain, and then took their places on a little hand sledge, which was drawn by two men with ropes, who took them down the sharp descent at a run, dashing round corners at a pace which made Frank hold his breath.

It took them but a quarter of an hour to regain the town, while an hour and a half had been occupied in the journey out.
"I shall buy a couple of hammocks here," Mr.Goodenough said.

"They are made of knotted string, and are lighter and more comfortable than those to be met with on the coast.