FERTILITY OF SOIL. 
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and when wo returned from Loanda wo found that ho had 
profited by the hint, for ho had got three, and ono of them 
justified my opinion of tho country, for it was more liko a 
prize-heifer for fatness than any wo had seen in Africa. 
He soon afterward sont us a basket of groan maizo boiled, 
another of manioc-meal, and a small fowl. 
During this timo Manenko had been extremely busy 
with all her pooplo in getting up a very pretty hut and 
court-yard, to bo, as sho said, her residonco always when 
whito mon wero brought by her along tho same path. 
When sho heard that wo had given an ox to her undo, 
sho came forward to us with tho air of one wronged, and 
explained that “this white man belonged to her; sho had 
brought him here, and therefore tho ox was hers, not 
Shinto’s.” Sho ordered her men to bring it, got it slaugh- 
tered by them, and presented her uncle with a leg only. 
Shinto did not Bcom at all annoyed at the occurrenco. 
19<A. — I was awakened at an early hour by a messenger 
from Shinto ; but, tho thirst of a raging fever being just 
assuaged by tho bursting forth of a copious perspiration, 1 
declined going for a few hours. Violent action of tho 
.icart all the way to the town did not predispose me to bo 
patient with tho delay which then occurred, probably on 
account of tho divination being unfavorable : — “They could 
not find Shinto.” When I returned to bed, another mes-' 
sago was received : — “ Shinto wished to say all ho had to 
tell mo at once.” This was too tempting an offer; so wo 
went, and ho had a fowl ready in his hand to present, also 
a basket of manioc-meal, and a calabash of mead. Defer- 
ring to tho constantly-recurring attacks of fover, ho re- 
marked that it was tho only thing which would proven! 
a successful issue to my journey, for ho had men to guide 
me who know all tho paths which led to tho whito mon. 
Ho had himself travelled far when a young man. On 
asking what ho would recommend for the fever, “Drink 
plenty of the mead, and as it gets in it will drivo tho fovor 
out.” It was rather strong, and 1 suspect he liked the 
