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Show TRULY THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE. Sierra Leone Looks Attractive in 8plte of Its Bad Name. Slorra Leone known to famo as "Tho Whtto Man's Gravo" viewed from tho deck of an Incoming stoamer presents an appearance distinctly at- As to climate, tho soubriquet "White Man's Gravo" 1b sufficiently instruc-tlvc. instruc-tlvc. Suffice It to Bay that tho first dally regimental orders ran thus: "Fu noral parade at 6:30 a. in. to-morrow," and It was seldom indeed that the pa-rado pa-rado was dismissed for lack of a vie-tim vie-tim to the pestiferous climatic condi-tiotiB. condi-tiotiB. Indeed, so arduous became tho duties of sopulcliro that whereas it fl was customary In tho beginning for tho entlro regiment and band to at-tond, at-tond, only tho company of tho de-ceased de-ceased and tho firing party did so Slorra Leone Is Infested with snakes, large and small. Tho former aro of tho constrictor species; the latter aro all oxtromely venomous. The most deadly of all, perhaps, Is tho yollow Jack, a beautiful yollow and black roptilo whoso blto Is roputed to provo fatal within a spaco of 20 minutos. |