A rain which came from Nunkajowa, a Waiyau chief, on a former occasion, was found to have a tail weighing 11 lbs.; but for the journey, and two or three days short commons, an extra 2 or 3 lbs.
of fat "would have been on it .-- ED.
[28] This complaint has not been reported as an African disease before; it probably clings to the higher levels .-- ED.
[29] A fine fibre derived from the shoots of a shrub (_Securidaca Longipedunculata_).
[30] Several superstitions of this nature seem to point to a remnant of the old heathen ritual, and the worship of gods in mountain groves.
[31] Hemp = bange is smoked throughout Central Africa, and if used in excess produces partial imbecility .-- ED.
[32] The Hopo is a funnel-shaped fence which encloses a considerable tract of country: a "drive" is organised, and animals of all descriptions are urged on till they become jammed together in the neck of the hopo, where they are speared to death or else destroyed in a number of pitfalls placed there for the purpose.
[33] The ordeal poison..