Mr.Goodenough administered a strong dose of quinine, and after he had had his breakfast he felt quite himself again.
"Now," Mr.Goodenough said, "we will go up to the factories and mission and try and find a really good servant.

Everything depends upon that." In a short time an engagement was made with a negro of the name of Ostik.

He was a Mpongwe man, that being the name of the tribe on the coast.

He spoke English fairly, as well as two or three of the native languages.

He had before made a journey some distance into the interior with a white traveler.