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the dead; and as many friends had recently been 
killed, music and dancing would be in fashion for some 
weeks. 
There was an excellent interpreter belonging to 
Ibrahim’s party-—a Bari lad of about eighteen. This 
boy had been in their service for some years, and had 
learnt Arabic, which he spoke fluently, although with 
a peculiar accent, owing to the extraction of the four 
front teeth of the lower jaw, according to the general 
custom. It was of great importance to obtain the 
confidence of Loggo, as my success depended much 
upon information that I might obtain from the natives; 
therefore, whenever I sent for him to hold any conversa¬ 
tion with the people, I invariably gave him a little 
present at parting. Accordingly he obeyed any 
summons from me with great alacrity, knowing that 
the interview would terminate with a “ backsheesh ” 
(present). In this manner I succeeded in establishing 
confidence, and he would frequently come uncalled to 
my tent and converse upon all manner of subjects. 
The Latooka language is different to the Bari, and a 
second interpreter was necessary ; this was a sharp lad 
about the same age : thus the conversation was some¬ 
what tedious, the medium being Bari and Latooka. 
The chief Commoro (the “Lion”) was one of the 
most clever and common-sense savages that I had seen 
