Chap. XIX. SOJOURN AT ANGOUKA'S VILLAGE. 397 



We remained fourteen days at Angouka's place. 

 The day after my arrival I was laid up with a severe 

 attack of fever, the effect probably of the weeks of 

 toil, anxiety, and privation I had undergone since 

 the disastrous day at Mouaou Kombo. The fever 

 yielded on the fourth day to the frequent and large 

 doses of quinine which I took, but it left me so weak 

 that I was unable to walk far for several days after- 

 wards. The people of Olenda were all this time in 

 great fear lest I should take vengeance on them for 

 their misdeeds ; indeed, after my recovery, Angouka 

 made a proposition to me to join my men in burning 

 the village. This I declined, and preferred to lay the 

 whole case before my staunch and powerful old friend 

 Quengueza, who would, I was sure, punish the 

 tricky knaves much more effectually than I should, 

 if he thought it was necessary. In the end, the 

 leading men of Olenda sent to offer to compound for 

 their sins by giving me slaves, and asked how many 

 I should be satisfied with. This offer of course I 

 refused to listen to. 



We left Angouka's on the 10th of September, the 

 first hour of our march being through the magni- 

 ficent groves of plantain-trees, which this industrious 

 and energetic old chief has established near his vil- 

 lao-e. Continuing our journey, we came to a cluster 

 of abandoned olakos which had been tenanted by 

 Bakalai. The place must have been abandoned in hot 

 haste, for mosquito-nets had been left hanging under 

 the sheds, and on raising one of them I was struck 

 with horror to see the skeleton of a man lying under 

 it. On the road, in many places, we saw human skulls 



