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THE CHIEFS INTRODUCTION. 
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wife of the chief, and her daughter; they were fac¬ 
similes of each other, the latter having the advantage 
of being the second edition. Both women and men 
were extremely eager for beads of all kinds, the most 
valuable being the red and blue porcelain for helmets, 
and the large opalescent bead, the size of a child’s 
marble. 
The day after my arrival in Latooka I was accom¬ 
modated by the chief with a hut in a neat court-yard 
beautifully clean and cemented with clay, ashes, and 
cow-dung. Not patronising the architectural advan¬ 
tages of a doorway of two feet high, I pitched my 
large tent in the yard and stowed all my baggage in 
the hut. All being arranged, I had a large Persian 
carpet spread ripon the ground, and received the chief 
of Latooka in state, He was introduced by Ibrahim, 
and I had the advantage of his interpreter. I com¬ 
menced the conversation by ordering a present to be 
laid on the carpet of several necklaces of valuable 
beads, copper bars, and coloured cotton handkerchiefs. 
It was most amusing to witness his delight at a string 
of fifty little “ berrets” (opal beads the size of marbles) 
which I had brought into the country for the first time, 
and were accordingly extremely valuable. No sooner 
had he surveyed. them with undisguised delight than 
he requested me to give him another string of opals 
