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on till half an hour before midnight. At seven o'clock 
we passed a considerable village called Buwa, where 
the troops, horse and foot, which had passed us some 
time before, had taken up their quarters, and two 
miles further on we had villages on our right and left ; 
but still there were few signs of population, probably 
because, owing' to the lateness of the hour, the fires 
were extinguished. We encamped, at length, near a 
small village, but had reason to repent our choice ; 
for while we were unable to procure a drop of water, 
the inhabitants being obliged to bring their supply 
from a considerable distance, we were annoyed the 
whole night by a violent quarrel between a man 
and his two wives. But here I must remark that I 
very rarely witnessed such disgusting scenes during 
the whole of my travels in Negroland. 
