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billy part of the trail, and as the sun got warmer and warmer we 
were glad to get into our rickshas and roll swiftly over the smooth 
parts of the road# We made good time, and reached Mombo at 1*30# 
The highlights of the trip down were seeing one huge male Golobus 
in a nearby tree, so close we could plainly see hi q white beard and 
long white tail* X had no idea they ever attained so great a size « 
he looked almost as big as a cblmoanzee# A ? arge Mona monkey 
walked calmly down the road ahead of us fox'* a part of the journey# 
I made several snap shots of him,, but don't know if I was really 
close enough to him# 
None of or>r loads got in. until three, when we were able to 
have a light lunch of boiled eggs and soda biscuits and pickles# 
The Varneys were hospitable as before, and gave us two bed a and 
bedding, in case our own did not get in. Mrs* Varney cooked us a 
good country chon of chicken, greens and rice, and we went to bed 
about eight o'clock, somewhat worried about Bobo and the rest of 
our gear# 
The Paramount Chief of Mombo is sick, but his brother came 
to call, and the town clerk who speaks '"ood English. We asked them 
if we could get porters here tomorrow, as our Benda j a boys want to 
go back, and they assured us that we could have all we wanted. 
May 28 - 
We sent back the Benda j a boys, and waited all morning for 
Bobo* The Chief sent us two chickens and two buckets of rice, as 
return for the four heads of tobacco we had dashed him last night# 
We borrowed sugar, cups and spoons from Mrs# Varney, and bad fruit 
and coffee. Two eggs which we bought last night and which I wanted 
for breakfast, were very bad indeed. A thunderstorm and a steady 
downpour of rain that lasted until noon did nothing to cheer us up* 
Bobo came in about one o ’ clock, and we decided to spend the 
rest of the day here, as it would be too late to get into Cape Mount 
tonight# 
May 29 - Up early, and with practically no carrier palaver we were on 
the road by eight-thirty. True to his promise the Chief had provided 
even one more man than we needed - an \mheard-of thing. 
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The ricksha boys made good time, and we reached Dia at a 
quarter to eleven, to be informed that there was no canoe available 
to take us down to Medina. We had to wait an hour while a small 
canoe went down to bring back a "big one 11 • When it arrived it was 
not perceptibly larher than the first one, and I held my breath all 
the way down the stream, expecting the sax&k peanut -shell craft to 
capsize us at any moment, and dump us in among the well-known 
crocodiles . Robert had waited for us with the launch (we had been 
afraid we might have to walk with the caravan to Sawilo ) , and by 
two o ’ clock we were having cold drinks and sandwiches with Mr# Paul* 
The loads did not get in until nearly six o ’ clock, and we 
found the trip had been a hard one for the animals# The smallest 
crow, my baby monkey, and one deer were dead - the deer through the 
criminal carelessness of one of the Mombo porters, who had thrown 
the cage down to the ground so hard that the animal was killed* 
