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near Angori: their arrows are said to be poisoned; and 
their clothes consisted of stuffs, manufactured by themselves. 
They were of a gentle nature; and the mere word “ scanv' 
was sufficient to conquer their diffidence. For some presents 
which we gave them, they expressed their thanks by bowing 
to the ground, and strewing repeatedly dust on the forehead, 
perhaps twelve times : the women uncovered the bosom and 
put dust on it. Decency amongst the women seemed fo 
require, that the upper garment should be tightly fastened 
above the bosom, so as to cover it completely. The boys 
we saw were circumcised. 
Towards two o’clock I returned, not feeling well, for I 
had exerted myself too much. The sun had been clouded, 
and I had latterly protected myself with an umbrella ; never- 
theless in the afternoon and evening I felt so tired, and yet 
so heated and restless, that I cannot recollect ever having 
been so uncomfortable and disabled, without. absolute ill- 
ness. Every exertion seems now to produce more or less 
this effect. Restlessness and exhaustion, burning of the skin 
and eruptions, become quite insufferable. 
Tuesday, September 14.—To-day I had to take care of the 
plants, which I gathered yesterday, and wished to arrange 
my collection, for which purpose I had been unable to - 
obtain either room or a case, and was therefore obliged to 
preserve them, as best I could, in bundles in my cabin : 
a plan which was good neither for them, nor for myself 
My assistant, now somewhat trained, was unfortunately the 
best linguist, and our intercourse with the natives being very 
great, I could hardly ever avail myself of his aid. At à 
distance this all appears trivial; but to a traveller in mY 
situation the frequent repetition of such trials is extremely — 
disheartening. The natives, perceiving our wishes, brought 
chiefly arms on board, some apparently made in a hurry for the 
occasion ; also calabashes, mats and sacks of plaited grass, 
honey, palm-wine, stuffs of their own manufacture, reels 05. 
cotton, earth-nuts, yams, goats, sheep, poultry and fat. i 
return they took cowries, cloth, wearing-apparel and particu- E 
