chap, iv.] LEGGE } THE CHIEF OF ELLYRIA. 175 
was no scaling upon the surface, as is common in 
granite rocks. 
No sooner had the trader s party arrived than crowds 
of natives issued from the palisaded villages on the 
mountain; and descending to the plain, they mingled 
with the general confusion. The baggage was piled 
beneath a tree, and a sentry placed on guard. 
LE<5GE THE CHIEF. 
The natives were entirely naked, and precisely the 
same as the Bari. Their chief, Legge, was among 
them, and received a present from Ibrahim of a 
long red cotton shirt, and he assumed an air 
of great importance. Ibrahim explained to him who 
I was, and he immediately came to ask for the 
tribute he expected to receive as “ black mail ” for 
