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AVhoii T ai-i-ived with my coniitanioiis anioni>- lbo Kënjas, the priii- 

 ('i|>til chief and liis family happciiod lo ho iii (lie eoiidilion of hili, 

 hiil ill order to he able to reeeixe us be (piiekly had a new house 

 biiill ill another- place for ihe priesl family in his house, \\ ho xvere 

 (he i)rinci|)al bearers of (he |)èmali. IJy (his iiieaiis i( was peruiis- 

 sibl(» for him (o receive us in his house. 



lja(er on we proceeded (o anodicr \illaL!,-e, where the house of the 

 ])riiici|)al cliief(aiii was also lab. b'or our rece|)(ion he (li\id(Ml his 

 house, \\ liicli A\as \eiT lonu. iii(o (wo |»arts by iii{>ans of a ;j,'a(e, 

 so (lia( we s(rangers could no( enler (he one pail, in (he odicr he 

 received us. 



The Kcnjas wa(cli (he (unens before (ncry eiUcrprise as eariies(l\ 

 as (he Ualiaus, bu( as soon as (hey are in con(lic( \vi(Ii (he re(piire- 

 meids of (he nionien(, (hey dar(^ (ake (heir own course (o a much 

 <irea(er e.\(eii(. 



1 liaxc already meii(ioiie(l dia( l\\o Kciija chiefs Ncndircd (o 

 accom|)any me (o llic Mahakaiii in spile of (he bad omens of (heir 

 birds. 



Ill case of immiueiil daiiu'er, e. l>'. if an enemy is tliou<j;li( |o b(> 

 hidden in the nei^iibourJiood, (he Keiijas disreuard omens. 



So we see ainoni;' (he llahaiis (he more scrupulous obser\ance of a 

 more developed sys(eni of religions u salves keep pace willi (he(Ie(erio- 

 ralion of many of (heir physical and |»sycliical (pialilies. Indioelhe 

 r>aliau is inferior (o (he Keiija. which can orij2,inally not have been (he 

 case, bu( which is owinii' b) (he chaiij;e of abode of (he IJaliaiis more 

 than a liiin(lre<l years au'o, because (hroiiuh (his chanii.e (hey were 

 cx|)osed (o (he more injurious inllnences ol' (heir new surroundin^^s, 

 the principal of wlii(di is a grealer prevalence of malaria. 



Mathematics. Prof. I'. II. SciiorTi; discusses : "7A'A///^*y/.v />^7//v'/7? 



(//''ii/(>i/((/s <if iiarnllclotojH's'^ \\\\\\ a \iew (o show by a simple example 

 how i( is possible (lia( inves(i^'a(ions of more-dimensional (inures lead 

 (o new (heorems on lii2,ures of our ihree-dimensional space. 'I'liis 

 example rela(es, as (he (i(le indica(es, to those fi<iiires which coiidniie 

 in (he spaces w i(li m(»re (han (hree dimensions (he x\ell-knoNvn series 

 of line-se,t;nien(, jtarallelogram, parallele])ipedon .... and can (here- 

 fore be called by (he Jiamc of paralleloto[)es. Here diagonal always 

 denotes a line connecting — across (he inner pari of (he enclosed 

 space two opposi(e \-er(ice>. /'V/'.v/ our a((eii(ion may be drawn 



|o die facl dial the iiumher of diuLioiials of 1 Im' jiarallelotope is doubled 



