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a weeping girl last night, who was soon followed by. 
another. ‘lo day Tudor and Galwey have removed their 
light huts to the tent of the Captain, which is already called 
the Captain’s village by the inhabitants. A village means 
with them a pater-familias and his private dependants. 
The village of the King (Banza Embomma) is the only 
village where several families have sufficient land capable 
of cultivation in the neighbourhood, and to enable them to 
live together. ‘The land is cultivated in patches only, and 
the labour is performed by the women, whom we saw fre- 
quently in the fields, carrying with them their children and 
baskets of provisions, the daughters of the King as well as 
others. The only plants we observed to be cultivated were 
cassava in small quantity, and maize, planted chiefly along 
the river-side, probably because the air there is more 
humid. ‘The cotton shrub was growing wild in the plains. 
Pisangs were frequently brought from the marketof Loom- 
ba, though none were seen in this neighbourhood. ‘They 
were said to grow plentifully higher up the river on the 
opposite side, as also oranges and other fruits. The order 
of precedency is : 'Tjenu, or the King, the princes Malibere, 
Mambous, Macaya, Mafook. ‘The inhabitants are ad- 
dicted to some superstitions with respect to food ; as, for 
instance, to abstain from eating eggs and milk. A Fetish- 
man is not allowed music at his meals, except when he has 
not partaken of Leimba? 
July 31. My foot being much better, I was enabled to 
take a short walk on the plain. J caused a pit to be dug 
in order to ascertain the temperature of the earth, but the 
