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them from getting drunk and quarrelling, until, at the 
end of a week, we refrained from speaking to them, 
and then they desisted. One day I saw Frij riding 
with another man upon a bullock, and he offered me 
a ride, thinking I should enjoy it after the long jour- 
ney on foot. There were numbers of riding donkeys 
and bullocks in camp. On the detachment making a 
flying march in quest of ivory, &c, the line was par- 
aded with a colour on either flank. At the signal of 
one gun all moved off, with the three commanders 
each upon his donkey — the baggage, beads, and ammu- 
nition on the heads of natives. Before they returned 
from this trip, a native brought us information that 
three villages had been ransacked of their cattle and 
ivory, and that one more was to be swept before their 
return. This was pleasant news for us, their allies, 
as'we now felt we were nothing but spies in the camp 
of a set of land-pirates ! A circumstantial proof of 
this was that their chief banner, embroidered in two 
characters, " Andrea de Bono," had been left in camp 
with us. They could not conceal this fact, though they 
tried to keep us in the dark about their movements ; 
neither could they drown the cries of a girl they 
had captured. The story of this young captive was 
curious. Her father had heard and recognised her 
cries, and brought a tusk to offer for her release, 
apologising for the people of his village having fled, 
instead of hospitably entertaining the traders as they 
passed. The child was returned, and a cow given 
along with her. They had many more female than 
male slaves ; but there were numbers of captured boys, 
who, being of naked races, would all their lives be 
ashamed to return to their homes because they had 
