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SPEEDING THE PARTING GUEST. 



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His sons had lately returned from Jenje, and said they had 

 met English traders there with bullock-wagons, and had been 

 most friendly w^ith them. 



We sat a long time, yarning and smoking good English bird's- 

 eye after dinner, and then I was given a comfortable bedroom, 

 and, for the first time since sj^ending a night on board the Pun- 

 jab, I experienced the pleasure of sleeping between sheets. 



Tempting as the hospitality and many comforts of this place 

 were, I could not allow myself to think of lingering, but de- 

 cided to start the next morning for Joao Ferreira's, where I had 

 arranged to meet the main body of my men. 



Senhor Gon§alves gave me a bottle of brandy and a few 

 tins of meat for the road, and we parted, after an acquaintance 

 of four-and-twenty hours, as though we had been old friends. 



I firmly believe that if more men such as Senhor Goncalves 

 were to take advantage of the Portuguese dominions on the 

 coast, and settle in the healthy uplands of Bihd, much might be 

 done toward opening up and civilizing Africa. 



October, 

 1875. 





TRAP FOR GAME. 



