IIOGANG, THE NUFI CHIEF. 
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cushions stuffed with cotton. In a short time Rogang 
came in and sat down. He soon pulled off his sandals 
and commenced scratching his toes and eating goora- 
nuts‘'\ A mat with a bolster was spread on the floor 
for Mr. Schdn and Dr. Stanger. After the usual inter- 
change of compliments they invited him to come on 
board the ‘Albert.’ To this he made no reply, but soon 
said that it was time for them to drink water with him, 
(meaning beer made of Guinea corn,) which was found 
by no means disagreeable. The chief’s house seemed 
to differ little from those of the people, except that 
its compartments were less crowded and huddled to- 
gether than in theirs. A stranger is seldom admitted 
within doors, audiences being generally held in the open 
air. The chief soon requested them to follow him, and 
they passed through a compartment, at the further end 
of which there was a door, bolted inside. Leading from 
this door there was an open space, about twelve feet 
long and seven wide, comfortably shaded. Here the 
visitors were again requested to be seated on the mat. 
The chief soon seated himself on another opposite to 
them. Only three of his people were admitted, who 
appeared more as servants than counsellors ; they, 
however, occasionally threw in a word or two of re- 
* A very pleasant bittei-, the seed of the “ Sterculia Acuminata,” 
thus described by Sprengel : “ Foliis oblongis, acuminatis, integer- 
rimis glabris, longe petiolatis, paiiiculis axillaribus, antheris 2 serialibus 
sessilibus fructibus, I Sperniis.” (Guinea.) 
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