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asking a single question, treating us with a little palm wine, 
and sending me a present of six fowls without asking for any 
thing in return. In one of the courts of his tenement we 
had the disagreeable sight of two men slaves prepared for 
sale, one having a long fork stick fastened to his neck, and 
the other with Ewropean-made irons on his legs ; on enquiry 
I found that there were 14 slaves in the banza for sale, who 
were going to Embomma. 
The night was cool, the thermometer at one o’clock being 
at 60°; in the early part the stars shone brightly, but to. 
wards morning it became very cloudy; and at daylight we 
might easily have fancied ourselves amidst the blue misty 
hills of Morven. 
August 15th. In the morning we were surrounded by all 
the women of the banza with fowls and eggs to exchange 
tor beads. In the eggs we were however taken in, more 
than half we purchased having been taken from under the 
hens half hatched. Although the largest banza we have 
seen, we could not procure either a sheep, goat, or pig 
for the people, 
Having engaged a guide to lead us above the falls (the 
hills close to the river being absolutely impassable by any 
thing but goats), we quitted the banza at seven o’clock, and 
after four hours most fatiguing march we again got sight of 
