Some of these were several hundred feet long and fifty or sixty high, a single smooth bamboo four inches diameter forming the only pathway, while a slender handrail of the same material was often so shaky that it could only be used as a guide rather than a support.
Late in the afternoon we reached Sodos, situated on a spur between two streams, but so surrounded by fruit trees that little could be seen of the country.

The house was spacious, clean and comfortable, and the people very obliging.

Many of the women and children had never seen a white man before, and were very sceptical as to my being the same colour all over, as my face.

They begged me to show them my arms and body, and they were so kind and good-tempered that I felt bound to give them some satisfaction, so I turned up my trousers and let them see the colour of my leg, which they examined with great interest.
In the morning early we continued our descent along a fine valley, with mountains rising 2,000 or 3,000 feet in every direction.

The little river rapidly increased in size until we reached Senna, when it had become a fine pebbly stream navigable for small canoes.