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cloak, with a cap on his head resembling that of a grena- 

 dier, and adorned with feathers. His two ministers were 

 on each side of him, and seemed to be eunuchs. A little 

 palm-wine was the only refreshment he offered to us. The 

 conversation was short. The Captain only Avished to have 

 some guides. A smile was the only answer. The ministers 

 ran several times to the fence and back aeain, crving out 

 some words expressive of the king's understanding us. Tatti, 

 a good-looking njan, the father of Simons, invited and 

 entertained us. The temperature of a spring down in a 

 small plain we found to be 73°. Following a rugged path I 

 walked down the valley and passed over another rivulet. 



August 11. The interesting scenes that now surround us 

 demanding a more close examination, I proceeded, in 

 company with Tudor and Lockhart, to the lower end of the 

 A'alley, over patches planted with cassava, following the 

 course of the rivulet. In our way we met with thickets com- 

 posed of shrubs and trees, of which many were entirely new 

 to us. The women screamed out on seeing us, but the taste 

 of our brandy had soon made them less shy. Yesterday 

 we were constantly followed by a number of people, chiefly 

 boys. They said they had never seen white men before. 

 We ascended some of the high rocks, but were unable to 

 climb up the highest of them, Avhich is of a conical form. 

 They are all of the same formation. We rested ourselves 

 at the source of the rivulet. Its temperature was 71°. Its 

 coldness is probably to be attributed to the evaporation. 

 I missed Lockhart, who came doAvn a long while after me. 



August 12. The forenoon was spent in laying in plants. 



