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lady represented them as bearing the appearance of men 

 who had been guilty of crime. She had endeavored, but 

 without success, to prevail upon them to rejoin their 

 master and return to their duty. Dr. Livingstone at 

 the time was absent on a visit to Sichely, superintend- 

 ing the erection of a dwelling-house and place of pub- 

 lic worship at that chief's kraal, named "Chouaney," 

 whither he intended shortly to remove, there being an- 

 other missionary, named Mr. Edwards, already station- 

 ed at Bakatla, who was then absent on a visit to the 

 colony. Dr. Livingstone informed me that at present 

 there was war between the Baquaines, of whom Sich- 

 ely is chief, and the Bakatlas, and that the latter were 

 in daily expectation of an attack. 



The 23d was Sunday, when Dr. Livingstone showed 

 me, on comparing notes, that I had lost a day during 

 my sojourn in the far interior. I attended Divine serv- 

 ice, and had considerable difficulty to maintain my grav- 

 ity as sundry members of the congregafion entered the 

 church clad in the most unique apparel. Some of these 

 wore extraordinary old hats ornamented with fragments 

 of women's clothes and ostrich feathers. These fine 

 hats they were very reluctant to take off, and one man 

 sat with his beaver on immediately before the minister 

 until the door-keeper went up to him and ordered him to 

 remove it. At dinner we had a variety of excellent veg- 

 etables, the garden producing almost every sort in great 

 perfection ; the potatoes, in particular, were very fine. 

 To-day another of my stud, named Yarborough (so called 

 in honor of a gallant major of the 91st from whom I 

 purchased him), died of the distemper, and was imme- 

 diately consumed by the starving curs of the Bakatlas. 

 Being anxious to visit Sichely and his tribe. Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone and I resolved to leave Bakatla and march 



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