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that station, where I had intended to leave all my 
heavy baggage in depot, and to proceed from thence as 
a “point de depart ” to the south. I now understood 
that the party were expected to arrive at Gondokoro 
from that station with ivory in a few days, and I 
determined to wait for their arrival, and to return with 
them in company. Their ivory porters returning, 
might carry my baggage, and thus save the backs of 
my transport animals. 
I accordingly amused myself at Gondokoro, exer¬ 
cising my horses in riding about the neighbourhood, 
and studying the place and people. 
The native dwellings are the perfection of cleanli¬ 
ness ; the domicile of each family is surrounded by a 
hedge of the impenetrable euphorbia, and the interior 
of the inclosure generally consists of a yard neatly 
plastered with a cement of ashes, cow-dung, and 
sand. Upon this cleanly-swept surface are one or 
more huts surrounded by granaries of neat wicker¬ 
work, thatched, resting upon raised platforms. The 
huts have projecting roofs in order to afford a 
shade, and the entrance is usually about two feet 
high. 
When a member of the family dies he is buried in 
the yard ; a few ox-horns and skulls are suspended on 
a pole above the spot, while the top of the pole is 
