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clothes, it was delightful There, directly before us, 
the fair queen of night rose majestically into the dark 
blue vault, the reflection of whose beams upon the sur- 
face of the lake made for us a track, as it were, of liquid 
silver, that seemed to dance with very glee; on our 
left was the main body of Ursa Major, the prime con- 
stellation of the north; on our right twinkled the 
Southern Cross, the beauty of the south ; while over- 
head Orion, and all around a million glories, shone. 
To see the Deity in His works, what can be more 
subHme ! Thus affected, we shot through the narrow 
creek, and in a few minutes after were at Ngau. 
Sunday, 20th. — This morning we left our little dry 
nook with the intention of proceeding to Charra. 
Reaching Mana Mvoko, however, we found it incon- 
venient to push farther on. It was a very inconge- 
nial sabbath. There were so many little things to 
be done, if we would get away even on the following 
day, that our peace and quiet were greatly interfered 
with. Here Aba Rufat left us. He expressed his 
willingness to go farther, but as he could be of no more 
use to us we declined his friendly company, and sent 
him home. We gave him some parting presents for 
his brother and other leading men, then bade him a 
hearty farewell. Throughout the whole of our inter- 
course with this young man he conducted him- 
self with great propriety, gave us no trouble, yet 
rendered us substantial aid. We parted, feeling 
for him a friendliness which, with the exception of 
Buiya, no other Galla inspired. The latter insisted 
upon accompanying us as far as Kau, to which, as it 
was not greatly out of his way, we did not object. 
On the day following we bade adieu to the little 
