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a weeping girl last night, who was soon followed hj 

 another. To day Tudor and Galwej have renaoved their 

 light huts to the tent of the Captain, which is already called 

 the Captain's village by the inhabitants. A village means 

 with them a pater-familias and his private dependants. 

 The village of the King (Banza Embon)ma) is the only 

 village where several families have sulhcient land capable 

 of cultivation in the neighbourhood, and to enable them to 

 live together. The land is cultivated in patches only, and 

 the labour is performed by the women, whom we saw fre- 

 quently in the fields, carrying with them their children and 

 baskets of provisions, the daughters of the King as well as 

 others. The only plants we observed to be cultivated were 

 cassava in small quantity, and maize, planted chiefly along 

 the river-side, probably because the air there is more 

 humid. The cotton shrub was growing wild in the plains. 

 Pisaiigswere frequently brought from the marketof Loom- 

 ba, though none were seen in this neighbourhood. They 

 were said to grow plentifully higher up the river on the 

 opposite side, as also oranges and other fruits. The order 

 of precedency is : Tjenu, or the King, the princes Malibere, 

 Mambous, ]\lacaya, Mafook. The inhabitants are ad- 

 dicted to some superstitions with respect to food ; as, for 

 instance, to abstain from eating eggs and milk. A Fetish- 

 man is not allowed nmsic at his meals, except when hehas 

 not partaken of Leimba ? 



July 31. My foot being much better, I Avas enabled to 

 take a short walk on the plain. I caused a pit to be dug 

 in order to ascertain the temperature of the earth, but ths 



