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very slender^ and depend 
on intermarriages of some 
of the chiefs or wealthy 
individuals. These so re- 
lated can with impunity 
enter each other^s terri- 
tories and villages ; but 
a stranger, under whatso- 
ever pretence, can only do 
so at the peril of his life. 
The Rhol simply slay an 
intruder and refuse burial; 
but the Dj our, their south- 
ernneighbours, detach the 
head of the slain, cleanse 
the skull, and place it on 
a pole in a frequented 
pathway on the confines 
of their village. 
Sejitember 2Qth . — I am 
sorely embarrassed : the 
ways and means for our 
progress having been pro- 
posed, my plans were frus- 
trated as much as possible 
by Ibrahim, the agent of 
the station, to whom I had 
delivered a letter from 
Ponce t concerning us. 
ARMS OP THE EOHL. 
