Chapter 11 FROM BRANDO TO LURI.

"Say, whither rov'st thou lonely through the hills,

A stranger in the region?"-Odyssey.

I now descended to Erba Lunga, an animated little coast village, which sends fishing-boats daily to Bastia. The oppressive heat compelled me to rest here for some hours.

This was once the seat of the most powerful seigniors of Cape Corso, and above Erba