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little creature, with a smiling and agreeable coun¬ 
tenance. 
From the moment of my setting foot in Africa I had 
determined to lead an austere life, a practice which 
gave me considerable influence over my negroes, who, 
seeing me only drink water, and detecting me in 
no aventure galante, looked upon me as altogether a 
superior being. But now, notwithstanding my fixed 
determination, I was called upon to exercise no little 
THE SOYA CAU-EU-HUE. 
restraint upon my feelings to resist the temptations of 
the younger daughter of the Sova Cau-eu-liue. Cape'u 
only spoke the Ganguella dialect, which I did not 
understand, but Opudo talked Hambundo fluently. 
“ Why do you despise us ? ” she inquired in an 
imperious tone. “ Are the women in your country 
more lovely and loving than my sister. Any way, we 
intend to sleep here ; for it shall never be said that the 
daughters of the chief of the Ambuellas have been 
thrust out of his tent by a white man.” 
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