Village Life in Pongo-land. 167 
(Solo.) “How many things gives the white man?” 
(Chorus chaunts all that it wants.) 
(Solo.) “ What must be done for the white man?” 
(Chorus improvises all his requirements.) 
(Solo.) “ How many dangers for the black girl?” 
(Chorus.) “ Dangers from the black and the 
white man !” 
THE VILLAGE IDIOT. 
The evening meal is eaten at 6 p.m. with the 
setting of the sun, whose regular hours contrast 
pleasantly with his vagaries in the northern tem- 
perates. And Hesperus brings wine as he did of 
old. Drinking sets in seriously after dark, and is 
