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mixed with quartz, and bearing some resemblance to 

 sienite. A shrub with black fruit, which I had seen a 

 long time before, was found to belong to FeiUandria tri- 

 gi/fiia ; and a tree, the fruit of which was sweetish and of a 

 blackish colour, T discovered to be of Hexandria mono- 

 gynia. Observations on the barometer were made during 

 the day. In the evening I v/ent down into a small valley 

 on the other side, where I found a lofty tree of an uncertain 



genus, which I had seen before in the swamps. A 



was seen at the village, with brilliant flowers and an Apocy- 

 num f Nkennycwu/nhaJ . 



On the 20th, the thermometer in the morning at nine 

 o'clock was at 75° ; at two o'clock it had risen to 83°, and at 

 five P. M. it Avas 73°. On the 21st at nine A. M. it was 71°, 

 at two P. M. 81°, and at five P.M. 78°. A young Adan- 

 sonia thirty feet high, and half a foot thick, was found by its 

 annual circles, as well as by its branches, to be thirteen years 

 of age ; which would seem to prove the opinion, grounded 

 on its very great size, of its long life, to be erroneous ; 

 and indeed this might already have been inferred from its 

 spongy and succulent texture. 



August 22d. After having, with much difficulty got some 

 men to carry the baggage, we set out for Inga, leaving 

 Fitzmaurice and Hawkey behind, and proceeded almost 

 by the same way as on our former journey over Gongala 

 to Mansi, across a valley covered with wood and well 

 watered. 



Sangala woo is a kind of reed (perhaps an Amomiim) 

 which is always kept fresh in the house. In time of war 

 it is rolled between the hands in invokino- the war fetish. 



