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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. XXIII. 
agent and commissioner, my noble friend from Gurara. 
The governor, however, was anxious to obtain some 
more medicines from me. He at the same time pro- 
mised to make me a present of a horse. Although 
I had but a small store of medicines with me, I chose 
a few powders of quinine, of tartar- emetic, and of 
acetate of lead, and gave him a small bottle with a 
few drops of laudanum, while it was arranged that 
the following morning I should explain to the governor 
himself the proper use of these medicines. 
The next morning, therefore, I proceeded with Bel- 
Ghet, to whose swollen eye I had successfully applied 
a lotion, and whose greediness I had satisfied with 
another small present, on the way to the " zinsere." 
He wished to show me the interior of the immense 
palace or the " fada ;" but he could not obtain access 
to it, and I did not see it till on my second visit to 
Katsena. 
Bello received me in his private apartment, and 
detained me for full two hours while I gave him com- 
plete information about the use of the medicines. He 
wanted, besides, two things from me, which I could 
not favour him with, — things of very different 
character, and the most desired by all the princes of 
Negroland. One of these was a " magani-n-alguwa" 
(a medicine to increase his conjugal vigour) ; the other, 
some rockets, as a " magani-n-yaki " (a medicine of 
war), in order to frighten his enemies. 
Not being able to comply with these two modest 
wishes of his, I had great difficulty in convincing him 
