The family pig was
with them; it danced, grunted, advanced, retired, and finally made at me.
In the morning I took a piece of plaster from my heel, and threw it into
the fireplace; instant search was made for it by about a dozen natives;
it was found, and handed back to me, they making signs that I should
throw it somewhere else. Yesterday morning I unthinkingly put the loose
hair from my comb into the fire, and great was the outcry.
We are now in Nameanumu, in the Sogeri district, and in a fine house
twelve feet from the ground. We are about 1530 feet above sea-level.
Teachers here need have no difficulty about food; there is a great
abundance all round of taro, banana, sugar-cane, and bread-fruit. A
teacher with some "go" in him, and a good earnest wife to help him, would
do well here. I am inclined to think an easier way here will be from
Moumiri; but we have to travel with natives where they can take us with
safety to themselves. Sitting round the fire a little while ago, our
spirit friend having just left us, an old woman shouted out to Oriope to
look out, as the spirit was about to go through the thatch near to where
he was sitting.
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