Further, he had no kindred.

His wife was long since dead, and his three sons, not yet married, in a foray behind the bounds of Somo had lost their heads in the jungle runways of the higher hills and been devoured by their bushman slayers.
For a blind man he was very busy.

He asked favour of no one and was self- supporting.

In his house-clearing he grew yams, sweet potatoes, and taro.

In another clearing--because it was his policy to have no trees close to his house--he had plantains, bananas, and half a dozen coconut palms.