A Liberian Journey

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Sun Oct 10^th A day of leisurely packing – By slowly mulling over Tin trunks etc I managed to get  them packed and ready to go with very little exertion. Then I got some canvas and mended my torn sneaker – also leisurely. I next turned my attention to some rusty locks which needed oiling. While I was doing that Mr. Taylor’s hunter returned the cap gun to Hal – and having vitiligo I took his picture, still later the leopard men in chains came along – and I took their pictures. Then came lunch – I speak of it because we had goats liver in abundance instead of tea and bread. – quite a change especially when you realize that we had guinea chicken for breakfast. 

            In the afternoon I made some prints from lunch time until 400 of scenery – of medical cases from Gbanga to the present, - of pictures of the boys promised from the Du etc As well as a picture of Hal I took the other day. When I got thru I packed my developing trunk and packed my tin trunks – for of course I had to unpack it to get paper and negatives. I also wrapped up the 3 squirrels I skinned the other day which has been drying on one of my wooden boxes, and then started to write up yesterday in my diary. But the schoolmaster came in to say goodbye – so I had to drop it for the moment. The other day when Hal went up to see him he found him tying up together some women who were working. The story came out then that a man had left a woman as a pawn with him and she had run away to the town. But when the schoolmaster asked the chief for her speedy return he denied her presence in the town. The schoolmaster thereupon captured these damsels to work until the pawn came back, which happened to be the same afternoon – and brought by the chief. Such is Liberia. Still he s a friendly soul and came to wish us bon voyage – saying “some people we likes to see go but you people haven’t caused us a bit of bother.” Quite nice of him.

            Just before supper Hal and I went for a walk along the road into the golden clouds over black trees. Of course this was to get an After a appetite for another round of goat. It is really damned good.

            And after supper Hal and I have let ourselves down to finish writing up the day’s events. 

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