CIIAFlTER X. 
WAR. 
Much of the men's time is still taken up in 
the prosecution of wars. They often engage 
in wars as neighbors in this country gather 
in their harvests, viz: one tribe assists 
another. The headman of the town will 
furnish so many men for another headman 
with whom he is friendly, to enable the 
latter to do the work of destruction upon an 
enemy. 
These persons must be fed during the time 
of their service, from the stores of the tribe 
or headmen whom they serve. While we 
were on Sherbro Island, there was war on 
the Bargru River, not more than twenty 
miles from Good Hope station, where we 
were staying. 
There was also war on the Big Boom river 
during our stay in Africa. White people 
should take to themselves much blame for 
this state of things, as I shall presently 
show. 
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