The March to Banza Nkulu. 
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ring formed by their retainers; the speeches were 
all sung, not spoken ; and obeisances and dustings 
of elaborate complexity concluded the eventful 
meeting, which broke up as it began with drum 
and Chingufu. There was not a symptom of hos¬ 
pitality ; we had preserved some provaunt from our 
last station, or we should have been famished. My 
escort forgot their disappointments in a “ ball,” 
which lasted through the cool, clear and dewy 
night till nearly dawn. It is evidently a happy 
temperament which can dance off hunger and 
fatigue. 
