, were carried off. Bob's
calabash has brought him a host of friends. Piri is with his friends at
one end of the village, and in the opposite I am to reside in my friend
Rahe's _dubu_. Semese is his father, and a very old man. The number of
old men and old women and children is astonishing. No enemy dare come
near their villages, and their houses have never been burnt down. The
Boera chief--a capital fellow to have--speaks this dialect very fluently.
Our people at first were very much afraid, but soon settled down, and are
now roving about.
Suddenly the war-horn was heard blowing--not the pig-horn, so often heard
on the coast. I wondered what was up, but it turned out to be only the
youth training. Two new double canoes came down the river with large
complements of paddles, all young lads, gaily dressed. A number of young
men, painted and extravagantly dressed, have been here; they lately
killed some Moveavans, and are hence greatly admired by old and young.
I had to take off my boots and socks, and allow my feet to be admired,
also to show off my chest.
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