Similar extensive flats give birth to the Loeti and Kasai, and, as we shall see further on, all the rivers of an extensive region owe their origin to oozing bogs, and not to fountains.
When released from our island by the rain ceasing, we marched on till we came to a ridge of dry inhabited land in the N.W.The inhabitants, according to custom, lent us the roofs of some huts to save the men the trouble of booth-making.

I suspect that the story in Park's "Travels", of the men lifting up the hut to place it on the lion, referred to the roof only.

We leave them for the villagers to replace at their leisure.
No payment is expected for the use of them.

By night it rained so copiously that all our beds were flooded from below; and from this time forth we always made a furrow round each booth, and used the earth to raise our sleeping-places.

My men turned out to work in the wet most willingly; indeed, they always did.