IN WESTERN AFRICA. 
25 
Ordinarily they have fire in their houses during 
the night; and those sleeping on the ground lie 
with their heads next to the fire. If they have 
covering at all, they always cover the face, wrap- 
ping in the whole head closely, while the legs and 
feet turned from the fire are naked. Whether 
.awake or asleep, they prefer that the head should 
be hottest; and we have seen them sleeping in day- 
time with their legs in the shade, head in the sun, 
and a stone for a pillow, while a vertical, sun was 
pouring his rays down upon them with the fierce 
intensity of the tropics. It may be best that 
fheir sleeping accommodations are no better; for 
as they are, they sleep too much. An African can 
Bleep sixteen hours out of the twenty-four and 
feel none the worse for it. There are, however, 
some exceptions to this rule, especially among 
those who have become civilized, — 3ome of whom 
are wide awake sixteen hours out of twenty-four, 
and make it necessary for those living among them 
to keep their eyes open and watch, as ivell as pray, 
lest they enter into temptation and sustain loss. 
