natives say is snake-bite. One thing is certain—that they mostly die within a very few years of their arrival in the country, and the cause has not yet been discovered.
Cycling has many difficulties, not only the hills, but the narrow paths with grass from one foot to ten or twelve feet high, the higher grass or reeds at times almost shutting out the sunlight, and, in the narrow paths, holes and roots prove a source of great annoyance and danger. It is not comfortable when the brake gives way, or when one loses control of the pedals, in descending one of the numerous hills; for, as already described, each valley is a swamp or a river, and, the bridge being exceedingly narrow and very difficult to cross, riding becomes a real source of danger. It is a common experience to find the path over the bridge much of the same formation as the back of a cow. When the path is at all damp, it is very easy to skid on
