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which abounds all over this part of the country ; the bellows 

 consist of two goatskins with sticks at the open ends, which 

 are opened and shut at every blast. 



Forging Hoes. 



13th November. — A lion came last night and gave a growl 

 or two on finding he could not get our meat : a man had 

 lent us a hunting net to protect it and us from intruders of 

 this sort. The people kept up a shouting for hours afterwards, 

 in order to keep him away by the human voice. 



We might have gone on, but I had a galled heel from 

 new shoes. Wild figs are rather nice when quite ripe. 



14th November. — We marched northwards round the end 

 of Chisia Hill, and remained for the night at a black- 

 smith's, or rather founder's village ; the two occupations of 



