514 PROFESSOR SMITH’S JOURNAL. 
cloak, with a cap on his head resembling that of a grena- 
dier, and adorned with feathers. His two ministers were 
on each side of him, and seemed to be eunuchs. A little 
palm-wine was the only refreshment he offered to us. The 
conversation was short. ‘The Captain only wished to have 
some guides. A smile was the only answer. The ministers 
ran several times to the fence and back again, crying out 
some words expressive of the king’s understanding us. Tatti, 
a good-looking man, the father of Simons, invited and 
entertained us. ‘The temperature of a spring down in a 
small plain we found to be 73°. Following a rugged path I 
walked down the valley and passed over another rivulet. 
August 11. The interesting scenes that now surround us 
demanding a more close examination, I proceeded, in 
company with Tudor and Lockhart, to the lower end of the 
valley, over patches planted with cassava, following the 
course of the rivulet. In our way we met with thickets com- 
posed of shrubs and trees, of which many were entirely new 
to us. The women screamed out on seeing us, but the taste 
of our brandy had soon made them less shy. Yesterday 
we were constantly followed by a number of people, chiefly 
boys. ‘They said they had never seen white men before. 
We ascended some of the high rocks, but were unable to 
climb up the highest of them, which is of a conical form. 
They are all of the same formation. We rested ourselves 
at the source of the rivulet. Its temperature was 71°. Its 
coldness is probably to be attributed to the evaporation. — 
I missed Lockhart, who came down a long while after me. 
August 12. The forenoon was spent in laying in plants. 
