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natives, headed by the fetish man, marches 

 about and around the roads and villages, 

 singing and shouting, and occasionally firing 

 off guns as they proceed. A sacrifice is then 

 always made of a goat or fowls, which are after- 

 wards eaten at the inevitable feast. 



I have omitted to tell you that a slight shock 

 of earthquake visited this place in July 1882, 

 perceptibly shaking the houses. I am told one 

 was also felt here forty or fifty years ago ; and 

 in December 1881 three rather severe con- 

 secutive shocks were felt in Billeyne country. 

 With this omission I have now, to the best 

 of my ability, performed my promise and given 

 a true, though slight, description of this country 

 and its customs, together with my observations 

 on the birds, insects, and flowers, and a variety 

 of other things which have occurred to me whilst 

 writing, and can only hope my friends have not 

 found their time wasted during its perusal. 



