he is out of his prime. While resting a couple of days at Mono Kialo's village, two large presents arrived, one from Gongo Lutete and one from Lupungu, each of whom begged us to visit him first. As Gongo Lutete's present was the larger, the Commandant turned north-east to pay him the first visit. Our march for some days lay through tracts of forest, and here, for the first time, I saw the Batwa, the interesting “little people of the forest.” Through the influence of a guide, who was on friendly terms with them, they did not disappear from sight as they usually do at the approach of a caravan, and I had therefore opportunities of observing them more closely than would otherwise have been possible.

What first impressed me was that, despite the fact that their average height is under four feet, they are both