Show PR RUDOLPH DS AND explorations from ibb S V ilat i for alio BY LEO v on a later exploration chith dr falb undertook through tho forests in company with hosts ho readied tho abodes of the savages quito conspicuous construe eions of alio trunk pam trees and ipa lying along the banks of tho mighty ipa tho most prevailing plant in regions and tho despair of the travelers whom it obstructs and aini in their progress wherever they may try to push through ia a rather solid reed of two inches tn diameter alie savages fashion it into drinking vessels in one of tho huts our ox florom found a adman with three children when falb commenced to put up his traveling photographic apparatus in order to ire of tho not uninteresting group with the romantic sylvan surroundings oi bananas and palms thesa i tary victims of image multiply burstin toa passionate thought iho apparatus was a fatal engine of destruction somo bal balcita lita or catapult and no endeavors and entreaties of reconciliation and consolation could pacify the unsophisticated children of the solitude the interior of tho dwellings of the natives was very clean over with palm leaves and furnished with bleeding bleeping ble couches reed with coverlets of their indigenous woven fabrics of the bast of plants A few open huts with several fire places seemed to be elised as kitchens for thia spoke at leist the ipa vessels and pumpkin like jars suspended from tha baila on their return our travelers were met by several trains of indians wandering about with their women A few days after at a late hour ot tho evening a young female came with her little girl to tho german camp begged for shelter and protection and made them understand by signs that tha had slain her husband a and that she was now on he night they seemed to enjoy the tea which their white boits offered them and which was something new and strange to them they appear cd however to be at the hut choso whoso dirty into bior formed a singular the cloan and tidy residences of tw natives which spoke more favorably for alic dusky savages than for the civilized whites after a seven weeks stay in this paradisiacal solitude Mr started on his way back iio was and his timo accompanied by who went out instead of the other german member of the firm hoping to cure his sore in the dry climate of the village of and to improve his health in general falb went on ahead the indian guide and tho packed mule desiring to pass three more days at arcs cruces the summit of the divide where he intended tomako valuable iu ob berva tiona on alie mixture of the moist cast winds the dry west winds up tharo ho would expect wan to follow a tittle slower le ewt steep rampart all went adl drat as soon as dr falb dismounted franr his mule on account of alio at arow path the vicious quadruped skip gal and beut on galloping aptha bleed bleep and tortuous tortu oud mountain the high and clone walla on thoi ight and lei t ot the path precluded all chances of tho rebellion baat i mining off the track and asias C or so many dollars uasa considerable item our professor was compelled to start on a liot chase over stumps and stines ho mado alie arduous descent and taken him five hours when lie passed this way the first time in alacrity arrived breathless on alie summit and there at last possessed himself again of the recalcitrant ci trant animal in rather inho ps looking humid cave our learned philologist found a dubious shelter inclement storms uncomfortable eminence in the very first night tho indian found it too cold for him up there and so lie loft our investigator with tho two refractory anilak but without provisions fortunately however alie faithless servant forgot ever his leasty ab harb a tea like narcotic which tho natives are ill the habit of with thia scanty expedient the doctor managed to keep and body together for alio two days which lie wa obliged to pass in his unenviable situation iio had promised to anit for tho arrival of liia friend and fel low countryman the an Eisen loehr elioso services lie like wise needed for th pack mule an operation in choso whoso our erudite philosopher aia not initiated AI iasi j arrived but too fatigued and too exhausted to continue the trip bulb left him abera and rodo down for succor to ho o cognac of tho latter tho german and gentleman seems to leavo imbibed a little too much at lie arrived jn tho valley below in perfectly good humor but in excitement iio stayed over in ft farm at the foot of the mountain here lii condition took a uddin turn t alio worse ip days ho lost all liia consciousness and on tho fifth ho far from his mother this abw germany of his excursion had dr falb not ft little tho ho found in an agreeable companion of attainments As had been a protestant lie could not bo interred in the municipal cemetery but the alcalde judge of the place a nian of enlightened view n willod iiri burial place even ho catholic brict tock part unofficially however in tho funeral of who had lieen 11 good tho funeral went off n ecat concourse of annl in imposing they had even music nl though of an ear splitting emiah sif at the grave dr pryl a funeral oration in sonorous spanish wherein ho to thank of the deceased roan rih nivea to tho judge and the aarion and wound up on pater iaser tho spanish audience betrayed a genuine iu the proceeding an eminently excel dional occurrence occur renco in a south american country thus tho lovely idyl ot ra tambo terminated with ft pathetic elegy for dr falb and thus often tho inquiring nind alion pursuing and tracking tha ever valid bawa of ineil mate i brought to a temporary pause taw to face with tho tragedy of an individual lifo tory TOB td afe |