soil is probably due in a large measure to the fact that it has not been exposed to the influence of light, this being apparently instrumental in destroying the bacilli with which untilled earth teems. In support of this theory, the outbreak of malaria in Antwerp, which followed upon the excavations made in that city during the building of the new fortifications, may be cited. This red sandy clay, which, when wet and dry, becomes as hard as a brick, is found all over the district at a depth of from one to two yards. We took eighty men with us, and on the fourth day arrived at Kolomoni's.

At about an hour's distance from the town, two fine straightforward looking young chiefs, Kolomoni and Makipula by name, met us with a thousand men, many of whom were armed with guns. These people danced round us, firing their guns and