We passed one village of the latter near this, a sad, tumble-down affair, while the Waiyau villages are very neat, with handsome straw or reed fences all around their huts.
_24th September, 1866._--We went only 2-1/2 miles to the village of Marenga, a very large one, situated at the eastern edge of the bottom of the heel of the Lake.

The chief is ill of a loathsome disease derived direct from the Arabs.

Raised patches of scab of circular form disfigure the face and neck as well as other parts.

His brother begged me to see him and administer some remedy for the same complaint.

He is at a village a little way off, and though sent for, was too ill to come or to be carried.