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Arrival at “ the Bttsh .” 
touching the infinite superiority of the Aryan over 
the Semite, but the point was in no wise yielded. 
At last Young Prince subsided into a request for 
a glass of rum, which being given “ cut the 
palaver” (i.e. ended the business). I soon re¬ 
solved to show my hosts, by threatening to leave 
them, the difference between traders and travellers. 
Barbot relates that the M pong we of olden time 
demanded his “ dassy” before he consented to 
“ liquor up,” and boldly asked, “ If he was ex¬ 
pected to drink gratis?” The impertinence was 
humoured, otherwise not an ivory would have 
found its way to the factory. But the traveller is 
not bound to endure these whimsy-whamsies; and 
the sooner he declares his independence the better. 
Many monkeys’ skins were brought to me for 
sale, but I refused to buy, lest the people might 
think it my object to make money; moreover, all 
were spoilt for specimens by the “ points ” being 
snipped off. 
I happened during the first afternoon to show 
my hosts a picture of the bald-headed chimpanzee, 
Nchfgo Mbuwwe (Troglodytes calvus ), here more 
generally called Nchfgo Mpolo, “ large chim¬ 
panzee,” or Nchfgo Njue, “ white-haired chim¬ 
panzee.” They recognized it at once; but when I 
turned over to the cottage (“Adventures,” &c., 
p. 423), with its neat parachute-like roof, all burst 
out laughing. 
