216 CAPTAIN TUCKEY'S NARRATIVE. 



At ten, reached the gentleman's town of V^ooky filou, 

 where our bearers had a long palaver for palm wine, which 

 I was obliged to purchase at a high rate before they would 

 stir a step further. Unfortunately 1 ha{)pened to spill 

 some of it at the foot of our gentleman guide, on which he 

 set off in the most violent rage, taking all his men along 

 with him ; and I now learned that, next to pointing a 

 musquet, the spilling of palm wine was the grossest insult 

 that could be offered to a genlleman. It was full two 

 hours, and after making an ample aj)ology for my acci- 

 dental impoliteness, and a present of three bunches of 

 beads, that he deigned to shake hands with me, and call 

 his men back. 



The houses here are larger than below. 

 Two gentlemen with heavy iron chains and rings on 

 their legs and necks. 



At two P.M. we reached the head of a deep reach 

 named Soondy N'Sanga, running W. by N. and E. by S.; 

 here we stopped to dine. After dinner I wished to pro- 

 ceed, but our bearers refused, asserting that they had al- 

 ready walked two days. 



Finding all persuasions useless, I was obliged to pitch 

 the tent at this place, and with Dr. Smith and Lieutenant 

 Hawkey walked to the summit of a hill, where we perceived 



