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stamp on the ground, changing the feet very regu- 
larly and simultaneously, then raising their spears 
on high, they sprung backwards and forwards, as 
if about to attack each other, yet observing a 
certain precision in all their motions. Bach step 
was accompanied with a sort of pavior’s grunt — eh — 
eh! eh — eh! — and with the rustling noise of the palm 
leaves, was as discordant in sound as their, perform- 
ance was wild in appearance. Having danced until 
they were quite exhausted, they approached, and 
saluted us with their usual kindly expression, “ bu-bi” 
(friend). 
As we had learned that the ‘Peruvian,’ a Liverpool 
ship, bound homewards, was lying in George Bay, on 
the north-west side of Fernando Po, we went thither for 
