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friend, whose hospitality was so often claimed by all 
the passers-by on this great highroad, by presenting 
him with two fine white shirts. In fact I sympathized 
with him very heartily, seeing that the whole host of 
people who had attached themselves to my troop 
importuned him for shelter during our stay here the 
following day, although I might have expected that he 
would have extended his hospitality to myself for a 
day longer, as we were to part for ever, and as it was 
against my wish that I was delayed here. But such 
is the character of the Bagfrmi people in their present 
reduced political and moral condition. 
My companions were not yet quite ready. It rained 
the greater part of the following night ; I had some 
trouble in making my people stir in the morning, 
and was really obliged to employ force in order to 
get our troop once more in motion. A European 
can form no idea how the energy of a traveller is 
paralyzed in these regions by the laziness of the 
natives. 
At length we were on our road, and after a 
moderate march took up our quarters in K611e-k611e. 
The quantity of rain which had fallen gave the 
country a very rich and exuberant appearance. 
Everywhere on the fields the long black worm 
called "halwesi," which causes so much damage to the 
crops, was seen in extraordinary numbers. It was 
scarcely possible to recognize the villages, the whole 
appearance of which, from every side, we had been 
well acquainted with during the dry season, the 
