Arrival at “the Bush 
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Prince Paul at once gathered together a goodly 
crowd of fathers and mothers, uncles and aunts, 
brothers and sisters, cousins and connections. A 
large and loud-voiced dame, “ Gozeli,” swore that 
she was his “ proper Ngwe,” being one of his 
numerous step-mas, and she would not move with¬ 
out a head, or three leaves, of tobacco. Hotaloya 
was his brother ; Mesdames Azlzeh and Asunye 
THE HUNTER AND HIS TWO WIVES: 
declared themselves his sisters, and so all. My 
little stock of goods began visibly to shrink, when 
I informed the greedy applicants that nothing be¬ 
yond a leaf of tobacco and a demi-verre of tafia 
would be given until I had seen my way to work. 
Presently appeared the chief huntsman appointed 
by Roi Denis to take charge of me ; he was named 
Fortuna, a Spanish name corrupted to Forteune. 
A dash was then prepared for his majesty and 
for Prince Paul: I regret to say that this young 
