The African sketch-book . - at Ngumbi; Mafuk, who belonged to thelower river, would rather have had it established Quenqueza was distrustful of Mafuk, and,opening his mouth, he spake a parable as follows :— 1 There was a man named Njabi, who had four sons,Eye, Nose, Mouth, and Skin. And he had one daughter. Book I] THE KING OF THE REM BO 143 whose name was Heart, who was never at rest, and shemade him visit countries far away. Then he went tosee his brother Quaqua. There was one man, Seringila,a great liar and tale-bearer, and he tried to make thesetwo brothers enemies; but t
The African sketch-book . - at Ngumbi; Mafuk, who belonged to thelower river, would rather have had it established Quenqueza was distrustful of Mafuk, and,opening his mouth, he spake a parable as follows :— 1 There was a man named Njabi, who had four sons,Eye, Nose, Mouth, and Skin. And he had one daughter. Book I] THE KING OF THE REM BO 143 whose name was Heart, who was never at rest, and shemade him visit countries far away. Then he went tosee his brother Quaqua. There was one man, Seringila,a great liar and tale-bearer, and he tried to make thesetwo brothers enemies; but they remained friends andburnt this liar and tale-bearer Seringila. Then weretheir towns joined together; the town of Njabi and thetown of Quaqua became one ; but Njabi was the chief. The king explained that I was Njabi, and that hewas Quaqua, and^ that if any man made mischief be-tween us he would burn him. Here he gave a sternlook at Mafuk, who trembled exceedingly. Quenquezawas pleased when he saw me writing this in my pocket-book, and when I had finished, asked me to put down,The King of the Rembo told me this story. One of the kings wives now brought a calabash towash my feet, according to a custom ancient and hospi-table. My boots and stockings sadly puzzled the royaldame ; and these Oshupu took off with many sn
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