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able words, and all dispersed quite quietly, made 

 happy by the additional present of sume barrels 

 of rum and some fresh meat. 



Poulana is the nearest district to Mashequene, 

 the very pretty Poulaua valley, thickly wooded 

 to the sea-shore with palms, bananas, and other 

 trees, being reached after a walk of about three 

 miles and a half over the hill. Keuben Point 

 is then on the right, part of the road being 

 through the dense belt of bush full of sweet 

 flowers I mentioned some time ago. 



The palms in this valley bear a sort of small 

 red date of delicious flavour, but their luxuriant 

 beauty is completely destroyed by being chopped 

 about in all directions for the palm-wine. 



This palm supplies abundant material for the 

 manufacture of baskets of various shapes, which 

 are very neatly made by the Poulana and 

 Mahota natives. Those used as market baskets 

 are of two shapes one like a large deep saucer, 

 and the other like an inverted cone, the bottom 

 being so small that they only just stand securely. 

 One very handy and prettily plaited basket has 



