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telescope of the theodolite at the mountains. He professed 

 to be enchanted with the view, but as it was impossible to 

 induce him to put his eye nearer than 6 in., such a palpable 



NATIVES >^EAR YELUA, GRINDING CORN 



piece of devil's work the instrument seemed to him, we 

 feared that his raptures must have been somewhat wanting 

 in sincerity. 



A great many Hausa traders were in the town, which 

 is a fief of the King of Wase, so there was plenty of life 

 in the market-place, in spite of the prevailing scarcity 

 of food. It was interesting to see the women and girls 

 grinding the corn for our carriers in their quaint jar-shaped 

 wooden querns. When several women grind together, they 



