376 JOUENEY TO THE COAST. Chap. XIX. 



most disinterested act on the part of Magouga to 

 accompany us ; for he could not have been attracted 

 hy the prospect of good pay or plunder. 



The villagers here were this time exceedingly 

 friendly, bringing us plantains, cooking-pots, cala- 

 bashes of water, and firewood. However, we did 

 not stay long at their village, but proceeded onward 

 towards the west. About five o'clock we reached 

 Moyego, a large Ashango village which we had 

 passed on our march eastward without stopping at 

 it, in opposition to the entreaties of the inhabitants. 

 Magouga had friends living here, and as the villagers 

 pressed us strongly to stay, and gave us many pre- 

 sents of food, we passed the night here. When they 

 heard our account of the Mouaou affair they said that 

 it was no concern of theirs, that the Mouaou people 

 belonged to a different clan from them, and that they 

 wished we had killed more of tbem. 



Juli/ SQth. Continuing our march this morning, 

 we reached before noon Magonga, the last, or most 

 westerly, of the Ashango villages, situated on the 

 banks of the Odiganga. I did not wish to make any 

 stay here, so we marched through the village without 

 stopping, much to the surprise and disappointment 

 of the inhabitants, who were curious to know what 

 had happened to cause our return to the coast. 

 Magouga was very much annoyed because I Would 

 not stay, and said he would not go with us any 

 further. I told him I did not want him, for we 

 knew the road as well as he did. We crossed the 

 Odiganga, and fixed our head-quarters on the other 

 side of the stream, so that, in case of attack, we 



