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turn his back, but retreats from your presence facing 

 you, bowing as he goes. 



We had been entertained the first night by several 

 Enghshmen connected with the tin mines and the next 

 evening had dmner with Mr. and Mrs. Walker of the 

 government staff. It was due to Mr. Walker's efforts 

 that we were installed in the old hospital, a ram- 

 shackle building, but a palace compared to other 

 places where we had camped. During dinner and after- 

 wards, we had discussed America and Nigeria. Although 

 the usual term of service for a man on the West Coast 

 is eighteen months, followed by a four-to-six-months 

 leave at home, I was interested in the information that 

 stringent regulations were in force concerning the 

 entry of white women and cliildren into Nigeria. 

 It seems that young children cannot enter the country 

 at all and women are not allowed to remain more than 

 a few months. Although many wives accompany their 

 husbands from England to stay for the allotted time, 

 still it means that the man must be separated from 

 his family for the greater part of his hfe. The salaries 

 are high, but the drain on a person's health is great, 

 and those who spend many years on the West Coast 

 are short-hved after their return home. 



During our stay in Jos, pishi made daily trips to the 

 native market, where I am afraid the civilized house- 

 wife would find very httle to attract her, for, Hke all 

 of these primitive bartering places, flies and filth were 

 much in evidence. On one occasion I had accompanied 

 pishi and, upon entering a long shed to buy meat, we 

 were pounced upon by all the butchers in the market, 

 each telling me that the other fellow's meat was no 

 good, but that his was very fine food for white men. 



