They make several hoes in a day, and the metal is very good; it is all from yellow haematite, which abounds all over this part of the country; the bellows consist of two goatskins with sticks at the open ends, which are opened and shut at every blast.
[Illustration: Forging Hoes.] _13th November, 1866._--A lion came last night and gave a growl or two on finding he could not get our meat: a man had lent us a hunting net to protect it and us from intruders of this sort.

The people kept up a shouting for hours afterwards, in order to keep him away by the human voice.
We might have gone on, but I had a galled heel from new shoes.

Wild figs are rather nice when quite ripe.
_14th November, 1866._--We marched northwards round the end of Chisia Hill, and remained for the night at a blacksmith's, or rather founder's village; the two occupations of founder and smith are always united, and boys taught to be smiths in Europe or India would find themselves useless if unable to smelt the ore.

A good portion of the trees of the country have been cut down for charcoal, and those which now spring up are small; certain fruit trees alone are left.

The long slopes on the undulating country, clothed with fresh foliage, look very beautiful.