CHAPTER XIL 



mXyolo to apono-land. 



Leave Mayolo — Cross the Nomba Obana Hill — River Dooya — Arrival at 

 Mouendi — Timidity of the Inhabitants — The Chief Nchiengain — Anival 

 of Apingi Men — Loss and Recovery of a Thermometer — Nocturnal 

 Reflections — African Story of the Sun and Moon — Smelling the White 

 Man's Presents — Passage of the Ngouyai — Hippopotami and Crocodiles ; 

 seasons of their scarcity and abundance — Arrival at Dilolo — Opposition 

 of the Inhabitants to our entering the Village — Pluck of my Commi 

 Boys — Arrival at Mokaba — My system of a Medicine Parade for my 

 Men. 



Our preparations being finished, we left Mayolo on 

 the 30th of May, at half-past eight in the morning. 

 The good chief accompanied us, and our party con- 

 sisted of about thirty men, including twenty porters, 

 all heavily laden with my baggage. My own load 

 was, besides a double-barrelled gun and two revol- 

 vers, fifty ball cartridges, thirty bullets, six pounds 

 of shot, and a quantity of powder and caps ; alto- 

 gether about forty pounds weight. 



The whole of the villagers came to bid me good- 

 bye — the women were especially demonstrative in 

 their adieux. I gave them a parting present of 

 beads. As we left the village, they all shouted, 

 " The Oguizi is going ! the Oguizi is going ! we shall 

 never see him more ! " It was with a heavy heart 

 that I bade adieu to these good-natured people. 



For three hours we followed a course nearlv due 



