Chap. XVI. 



EFFECTS OF BEER-DRINKING. 



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returned at midday without them, the worse for liquor, 

 having indulged too freely in mead. This was the first case 

 of real intoxication we had seen in this region. The boyaloa, 

 or beer of the country, has rather a stupifying than exciting 

 effect; hence the beer-bibbers are great sleepers, and may 

 frequently be seen lying on their faces sound asleep. As far 

 as we could collect from Sambanza's incoherent sentences, 

 Shinte had said that the rain was too heavy for our departure, 

 and that the guides still required time for preparation. 

 Shinte himself was said to be busy getting some meal ready 



Shell, and ornament made of its end. 



