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ritory, but theirs is a mucli broader tract of land. 

 Both tribes, and the Aponos also, are bordered on 

 the south by the Njavi people ; these latter being 

 also found beyond the Ashango. 



AmjiiM Af.h. We left the village this morning, fol- 

 lowed by the best wishes of the Mokenga people, but 

 none of them accompanied us. As we disappeared 

 in the forest, they shouted after us, '' Come again ! 

 come again, Oguizi, and bring us trade ! " Old 

 Mngouga, who, notwithstanding all his tricks and 

 odd ways, had been a faithful friend to us, remained 

 here. I made a parting present both to him and 

 Mokounga. They accompanied us to the woods 

 through which the path led, and in bidding us 

 adieu, shouted " Come again ! come again ! " 



After a short march we arrived at the village of 

 Yenguc, charmingly situated on the banks of the 

 beautiful Eckmiihl, or Ogoulou River. As soon as 

 we made our appearance, the villagers brought their 

 canoes to ferry us across, and all of them, like the 

 inhabitants of other places w^e had passed, asked the 

 reasons of our coming back. "When we told them 

 our tale, they said they wished we had killed all the 

 Mouaou warriors. '' How coidd such far-away people 

 know^ the value of the good things you brought them ? " 

 said they ; " and how could such men of the bush 

 understand your fashions ? " We were surrounded 

 by such a crowd of people that we were glad to get 

 out of the village, and cook our morning meal in a 

 retired place on the road-side. 



I had some thoughts of purchasing a canoe at 

 Yengue, and travelling down the Eckmiihl into the 



