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very strong place. On the top of the ruins of the king's 

 palace there are two piles of round "ju-ju " stones. It is 



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said that any one stealing one of them would die, and the 

 stone return of its own accord. Another remarkable feature 

 of the place are the strongly built earthenware cisterns, 

 some of which are 5 ft. deep. The village well goes down 

 70 ft. before water is obtained. 



Gosling left N'gala on February 18. He crossed the 

 Gumbemi soon after and then followed the left bank of the 

 river, where the character of the scenery reminded him very 

 much of the Yo country, with dense bush in places, and most 

 of the trees the same. Even the baboons and red monkeys 



