20 G A NATIVE TOIL-KEEPER. 



demand made on the most frivolous pretences. One of my 

 men, seeing another much like an acquaintance at homo, 

 addressed him by the name of the latter in sport, telling 

 him, at the same time, why he did so ; this was pronounced 

 to be a grave offence, and a large fine demanded : when the 

 case came before me I could see no harm in what had been 

 done, and told my people not to answer the young fellow. 

 The latter felt himself disarmed, for it is chiefly in a brawl 

 they have power; then words are spoken in anger which 

 rouse the passions of the complainant's friends. In this 

 ease, after vociferating some time, the would-be offended 

 party came and said to my man that, if they exchanged 

 some small gift, all would be right, but, my man taking nc 

 notice of him, he went off rather crest-fallen. 



My men were as much astonished as myself at the de- 

 mand for payment for leave to pass, and the almost entire 

 neglect of the rules of hospitality. Katende gave us only 

 a little meal and manioc, and a fowl. Being detained two 

 days by heavy rains, we felt that a good stock of patience 

 was necessary in travelling through this country in the 

 rainy season. 



Passing onward without seeing Katende, we crossed a 

 small rivulet, the Sengko, by which we had encamped, and 

 after two hours came to another, the Totelo, which was 

 somewhat larger and had a bridge over it. At the farther 

 end of this structure stood a negro, who demanded fees. 

 He said the bridge was his, the path his; the guides were 

 his children ; and if we did not pay him he would prevent 

 farther progress. This piece of civilization I was not pre- 

 pared to meet, and stood a few seconds looking at our bold 

 toll-keeper, when one of my men took off three copper 

 bracelets, which paid for the whole party. The negro was 

 a better man than he at first seemed, for he immediately 

 went to his garden and brought us some leaves of tobacco 

 as a present. 



When we got fairly away from the villages, the guides 

 fiom Kangenke sat down and told us that there were three 



