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ingly presented him with some beads, bracelets, and other odds 

 and ends, which threw him into ecstacies of delight. Among 

 the presents was a pair of sun-goggles, which he placed upon his 

 flat nose and then viewed himself with great complacency in a 

 small mirror, which had also been given to him. He regarded 

 his presents with the pleasure and pride of a child, and his kind 

 old heart swelled with gratitude toward his beloved white guests. 

 Baker noticed that the old chief was lame in the back, and was 



THE OLD SORCERER ON HIS TRAVELS. 



told that he had received a bad fall during his absence. Mrs. 

 Baker laughingly explained the matter. Katchiba had come to 

 her one morning, saying that he wished to procure some chickens 

 for her from one of his distant villages, but, said he, " my 

 people no good ; he say he got no chicken but you lend 

 me horse, and I ride him, then they be fraid and give me 

 plenty chicken." Katchiba was not a good walker, owing 

 to his age and infirmities, and also to the fact that his 

 old head was nearly always fuddled with large draughts of 

 native beer that he constantly guzzled. His usual method 

 of traveling was upon the back of a very strong subject, precisely 



