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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



August, 

 1874. 



How keenly, in the midst of these heart-rending scenes, I felt 

 my utter powerlessness to assist these poor suffering creatures 

 in the smallest degree may well be imagined. 



That so many had escaped was a relief to me ; although there 

 was reason to fear that numbers of them died of starvation, in 

 their endeavors to reach home, or fell into the hands of Lovale 

 men, who are reputed to be harsh task-masters. 



now, 8PEAES, HATOIIETS, AND AEROW-IIEAIIS. 



The people of Lovale are very savage in their manners and 

 habits, and, being armed with guns, are much feared by passing 

 caravans. 



No tribute is demanded, as in Ugogo, except by one or two 

 chiefs ; but they invent many claims as a means of extorting 

 goods from those passhig through their villages. 



Every thing in their mode of living is regulated by the ma- 

 gicians, or fetich-men, and they cleverly lay traps for the unwa- 

 ry traveler. Thus, should a stranger chance to rest his gun or 

 spear against a hut in their villages, it is instantly seized, and 



