was turned loose morning and evening to dispose of the dirt in and about the village. All the sick who die, and some before they are dead, I fancy, are thrown into the river, which passes in front of the village.

Those who die violent deaths are generally eaten. Here we found five envoys from Gongo, in a very nervous condition, not knowing how we should treat them. They showed their pluck in coming to us at all, though of course the fear of death was behind them if they had returned to their chief with their mission unfulfilled. They had brought with them a present of some ivory and a flock of goats, and said that Gongo had been badly treated by the Arabs, and, having been beaten whenever he had attacked the State forces, had now determined to make terms for himself, and, if allowed to, would become our friend and auxiliary.