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village, if there was any. Since I liaA^e left Moiiendi 

 I cannot find out that there are any head men or 

 chiefs in the villages, but there seemed to be a certain 

 number of elders, who hold authority over their 

 respective villages. Here three elders, beating the 

 kendo, came and presented me, each one, with a goat 

 and several bunches of plantains — prefacing their 

 presents with three tremendously long speeches. 



At a glance I perceived that I was among quite a 

 different people from those I had hitherto met with. 

 The mode of dressing the hair, both with men and 

 women ; the shape of their houses, each wdtli its 

 door ; the men smeared with red powder ; all these 

 points denoted a perfectly different people. 



I was glad to remain for a couple of nights at 

 Igoiunbie, for I wanted to take as many observations 

 as I could. 



After I had distributed some beads among the 

 women in the evening, a few became more friendly 

 — especially as my Apono porters were never tired 

 of praising me. They seemed also to be much 

 ]oleased at seeing that, of the three goats which the 

 pjeople of their village had presented to me, I had 

 given two to my porters. 



I was very much amused with these Ishogos, 

 especially with the women. When they thought I 

 was not looking at them, they w^ould partially open 

 the door of their hut and peep out at me. As soon 

 as I looked at them, they immediately closed the 

 door, as if greatly alarmed. When they had to go 

 from one house to another, and had to pass the hut 

 in which I was located, and at the door of which I 



