. My Apingi kingdom : with life in the great Sahara, and sketches of the chase of the ostrich, hyena, &c. . ddestroy. Remandji, his people, and the whole of the Apingination seemed to love me more and more as time passedon. I had some glorious talks with them, and every dayI learned more of their people, superstitions, and cus- THE LAND OF THE MOGUIZI. 13 toms. I loved to talk with those old men, and theyloved to talk with me, and to ask me questions aboutthe land of the Moguizi. Every day we had a talk to-gether. Their men would bring them their palm wine,and they would gradually sip it, just
. My Apingi kingdom : with life in the great Sahara, and sketches of the chase of the ostrich, hyena, &c. . ddestroy. Remandji, his people, and the whole of the Apingination seemed to love me more and more as time passedon. I had some glorious talks with them, and every dayI learned more of their people, superstitions, and cus- THE LAND OF THE MOGUIZI. 13 toms. I loved to talk with those old men, and theyloved to talk with me, and to ask me questions aboutthe land of the Moguizi. Every day we had a talk to-gether. Their men would bring them their palm wine,and they would gradually sip it, just as the Germans dotheir beer, and jabber away at the same time. One sultry afternoon, w^hen the rays of the sun werepouring down upon the forest, and making the heat in-tense in the village, Remandji, a few old men, and my-self went towards the river, and, after reaching its banks,we seated ourselves under a very wide-spreading tree,with the. big stream rolling at our feet. The water wasyellow and turbid, for the rains had been heavy for afew days past. After we had seated ourselves comfortably on some. WE AUi; IN 14. M Y AFLXGl KISGD OM. logs of wood that were lying on the ground—although Idid not seat myself before I had examined my log well,for centipedes and scorpions are often found in thecracks of these dead pieces of wood—I began to ques-tion them. Eemandji, said I, suppose you build one hundredlarge canoes, while I go to the sea-shore and bring backto you and the Apingi large quantities of guns andswords. Then, after my return, suppose we load ourcanoes with palm oil. India-rubber, ebony wood, ivory,gum copal, and then go down the river to the sea andtrade these products, and bring back all kinds of thingsthat the people like, and would exchange for them. What do you think of this V 1 said to him, looking himsteadily but gently in the face, for I wanted to know hisown thoughts, not by what he was going to say, but bythe expression he would show. Remandji
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