254 DEL AGO A BAY. 



after the fashion of the harmouicon. Another 

 chant is melodious enough to be introduced into 

 English chant books. 



I am told that the Kafirs here rather look down 

 on the Chobis, though they are so much more 

 intelligent ; but decidedly my Chobi boy Jack, 

 on the other hand, spoke with contempt of many 

 of their ways and manufactures, especially of 

 their musical instruments. He thought their 

 custom of marking the graves with pots and 

 baskets most objectionable why, he could not 

 explain telling me, at the same time, that in 

 his country the earth was always made quite 

 smooth over graves, and dead leaves scattered 

 on them, so that in a little while no one remem- 

 bered where they had been. He also took pains 

 to point out to me that the hanging baskets 

 made by his people were much stronger, and 

 more evenly and finely plaited, than those 

 manufactured at Poulaua or Mahota, which is 

 decidedly the case ; and I am inclined to think 

 that some prettily carved wooden dishes, jugs, 

 and spoons that I possess may be Chobi work, as 



