The portion first visible included the telegraph office and storehouses, near which a small steamer was at anchor.

A Manjour trading boat was at the bank, its crew resting on shore; a piece of canvas had been spread on the ground and the men were lounging upon it.

One grave old personage, evidently the owner of the boat, waved his hand toward us in a dignified manner, but we could not understand his meaning.
Coming to shore we narrowly missed running over a Goldee boat that crossed our track.

Our wheel almost touched the stern of the craft as we passed it, but the occupants appeared no wise alarmed.

Two women were rowing and a man steering, while a man and a boy were idle in the bow.