The Arabs say that they lost about fifty men in all: Nsama must have lost at least an equal number.

The people seem intelligent, and will no doubt act on the experience so dearly bought.
In the midst of the doubts of Hamees a daughter of Nsama came this afternoon to be a wife and cementer of the peace! She came riding "pickaback" on a man's shoulders; a nice, modest, good-looking young woman, her hair rubbed all over with _nkola_, a red pigment, made from the camwood, and much used as an ornament.

She was accompanied by about a dozen young and old female attendants, each carrying a small basket with some provisions, as cassava, ground-nuts, &c.

The Arabs were all dressed in their finery, and the slaves, in fantastic dresses, flourished swords, fired guns, and yelled.

When she was brought to Hamees' hut she descended, and with her maids went into the hut.