Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... by him, and you now, a stranger, eat the fruit;' and the dear old man never tired of talking of Massa Johnson, and we talked of heaven, the home of the blessed and faithful missionary. He added, ' Ah, I done old now; poor old Josiah here a little while, but soon Massa Jesus, my Jesus, will say, 'Now, old Josiah, come up here, ' and then I see my Saviour, I see my dear Massa Johnson--though he been bury in the sea--and we no die no more;' and when we parted, ' Goodbye, Missis, me no know you, but I glad I been see you; God go with you, and bring us all to heaven at last.' This was a delightful visit; I am only sorry I cannot do justice to it with my pen." Early in January, 1858, Mr. and Mrs. Hinderer began the last stage of their journey, proceeding from Lagos to Ibadan, a distance of about eighty miles, by the most frequented route, which is a rugged path through bush, and forest, and occasional tracts of coarse grass, six or eight feet high, interspersed with trees. The bush is a dense thicket of shrubs, and saplings, and tangled climbing plants, adorned with a profusion of beautiful flowers, and many a gaudy butterfly adds life and brilliancy to the scene. The stately cotton-tree, the graceful palm, and other gigantic forest-trees, tower above this mass of luxuriant vegetation, and by their deep shade afford a welcome protection to the traveller from the glare and heat of a tropical sun. The track is, in most parts, only just wide enough for a horseman, or for foot-passengers in single file; and now and then inconvenient obstructions are encountered in the form of trees which have fallen across the path, or of a new growth of the hush asserting its ordinary rights. The loveliness of the country, diversified as it is by lull and dale, ...
