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nished us, on our arrival, with an excellent din- 
ner of cous cous, milk, and honey, and abun- 
dance of fine water, such as we had not tasted 
since we left the Senegal. Huts were provided 
for our use until (as Bojar said) some could be 
erected for us at a short distance from the town. 
As this indicated our being likely to make a long 
halt at Moonia, I made known to Bojar my dis- 
pleasure at the very idea of our being detained 
there long enough to admit of their completion, 
and was told by him that two or three days 
were sufficient for that purpose. 
Anxious that a moment should not be lost 
in making known to Modiba my desire of pro- 
ceeding to Sego without delay, I wished to de- 
spatch Giboodoo to Dhyage the day after our ar- 
rival, with presents to him and his head men, 
but his Majesty's drinking day being Monday, 
when no business is ever transacted, I was 
obliged to wait for Tuesday. Bojar who, like his 
father, always made a sacrifice of one or more 
days in each week to the ruby-lipped god, came 
to see me, bringing with him a large calabash 
of a sort of beer, made by themselves from fer- 
mented corn, but which is by no means palat- 
able, being more insipid than the worst table- 
beer made in England, but from no bitter being 
