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the country he must then give it up. Supper again 
with Fairbairn. 
" January 2\tJi. — More promising morning, 
though cloudy and showery. Fairbairn, Lee, and 
I, to the king. Fairbairn does a good trade with 
him after the row. Nina and her friends were eat- 
ing a large dish of excellent vegetable marrows. 
The smoke got into my eyes, and Banyai kindly 
motioned me across the hut. John Lee killed a 
lung-sick heifer of the king's, and opened her chest 
with a saw, taking out the liquid which accumulates 
in the cavity of the lungs during the sickness. 
With this I helped him to drench some young cattle 
of the kingr's. Each has about a small beakerful. 
Lee says he never lost one that he drenched in this 
way. 
''Jamiary 2^th. — Lovely morning. Rose and 
dressed leisurely. The heat soon became intense, 
and of that moist character that seems to make it 
far worse to bear. Felt quite prostrated by it. 
The wife of Lee's boy, who tried to leave him, and 
is now undergoing punishment after being tried 
before the king, came crying to my waggon. Lee 
drove her away. It appears that the boy had to 
pay Lee ^6, which the girl owed the latter, before 
he could have her, both being in Lee's service, as 
well as the father-in-law, mother, and sister of the 
boy. The boy told Lee he had paid the money to 
the king. This was a lie, so Lee demanded the 
money of the king in the presence of the boy. Thus 
the offence was shown to be against the king, and 
