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He saunters — while arranging his robe with due 
respect to decency — to his usual seat near the gate of 
the outer court, above which a mighty banana towers, 
shading it with its far-reaching fronds. 
In the foreground, stretched before him, is his garden, 
which he views with placid satis- 
faction. It is laid out in several 
plats, with curving paths be- 
tween. In it grow large sweet 
potatoes, yams, green peas, kidney 
beans, some crawling over the 
ground, others clinging to sup- 
porters, field beans, vetches and 
tomatoes. The garden is bor- 
dered by castor-oil, manioc, coffee, 
and tobacco plants. On either 
side are small patches of millets, 
sesamum, and sugar-cane. Be- 
hind the house and courts, and 
enfolding them, are the more 
extensive banana and plantain 
plantations and grain crops, 
which furnish his principal food, 
and from one of which he manu- 
factures his wine and from the 
other his potent pombe. Inter- 
spersed among the bananas are 
the umbrageous fig-trees, from 
the bark of which he manufac- 
tures his cloth. Beyond the 
plantations is an extensive tract 
left for grazing, for the common 
use of his own and his neighbours’ 
cattle and goats. 
It is apparent that this man 
loves privacy and retirement, for 
his own dwelling and the huts 
cones of which are just visible 
enclosed by tall 
leave the owner 
> Unyam wezi Clubs. 
j- „ Spears. 
,, Machete. 
he has surrounded 
of his family — the 
above — with courts 
fences of tough cane. While 
contemplating his garden, let 
we 
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