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been massacred by the Latookas, one of whose villages he had 

 tried to destroy and to make slaves of the inhabitants. Very 

 soon after other runners arrived with particulars of the fight, 

 confirming the first reports. This news put the people of Tar- 

 rangolle into a furore of excitement, particularly as Ibrahim's 

 followers had been maltreating the Latooka women. A bio- fio-ht 



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threatened, the war drums were beaten, and several thousand 

 warriors assembled to exterminate the Turks in their village, and 

 Baker as well ; but chief Moy, who had become somewhat attached 

 to his white guests, on account of the presents given, prevented 

 his people from making an attack. 



Although there were not less than 10,000 head of cattle belong- 

 ing to the people of Tarrangolle, they would not sell a single 

 beef. The want of meat was so badly felt that Baker had to 

 resort to his gun. Fortunately ducks and geese were very plen- 

 tiful in a stream near the town, and every day he shot a sufficient 

 number to supply his men. 



A FUNERAL DANCE'. 



A VERY interesting ceremony was witnessed by Baker at 

 Latooka, being nothing less than a funeral dance in honor of one 

 of the brave warriors of the tribe. The dancers were grotesquely 

 appareled, as is the custom of all savage tribes during such cere- 

 monies. A dozen very large ostrich feathers adorned thei r helmets 

 of hair, while leopard or black and white monkey skins were 

 suspended from their shoulders, and a leather strap tied round 

 the waist supported a large iron bell, which was girded upon the 

 loins like a woman's bustle ; this they rung to the time of the 

 dance, by jerking their posteriors in the most ridiculous manner. 

 Every dancer worB an antelope's horn suspended round the neck, 

 which he blew occasionally in the height of his excitement. 

 These instruments produced a sound partaking of the braying of 

 a donkey and the screech of an. owl. Crowds of men rushed 

 round ajid round in a sort of "galop infernel," brandishing 

 their lances and iron-headed maces, and keeping tolerably in line 

 five or six deep, following the leader who headed them, dancing 

 backward. The women kept outside the line, dancing a low, 



