GOOD-BYE TO DINAWA 
who, while absent on one of his short expeditions, 
sent a native up the mountain for seedlings. I hoped 
that one of these might find a home in some British 
collection, but, unfortunately, it died of the drought. 
It was from that region that the Ibala people 
hailed, and certainly, had the difficulties of transport 
not been so great, I should long ere this have visited 
them in their fastnesses. These fine northern men 
entered camp very shyly, and sat down with great 
diffidence. In appearance they were really handsome. 
Hach man stood 5 feet 8 inches on an average; all 
were of fine physique and of a rich copper colour. 
Their women, of whom they brought a few, were not 
quite so tall. They were all in full finery, the men 
decorated with feathers, their faces painted in regular 
stripes with the juice of a scarlet berry. Between 
each red stripe ran a line of charcoal to set off the 
colour. A few of them wore the transverse pencil 
of tapering shell thrust through the septum of the 
nose, a form of decoration much affected by Papuan 
dandies. ‘The women’s chief article of apparel was 
the customary dogs’ teeth necklace. 
At first our visitors did not ask for anything, but 
talked in a desultory way through Ow-bow, who knew 
their language. Later in the afternoon, however, 
they proffered a request for some tobacco. Here was 
my opportunity. ‘These admirable fellows, who had 
come from a region where there was no famine and 
were in the pink of condition, were just the very 
material I wanted for my journey. Accordingly, I 
said that they should receive tobacco on condition 
that, on their being called by wireless telegraphy, 
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