As the corn cob is forming, the hook is turned round, so that the fruit-leaves of it hang down and form a thatch for the grain beneath, or inside it.

This upright granary forms a solid-looking, wall round the villages, and the people are not stingy, but take down maize and hand it to the men freely.
The women are very naked.

They bring loads of provisions to sell, through the rain, and are eager traders for beads.

Plantains, cassava, and maize, are the chief food.

The first rains had now begun, and the white ants took the hint to swarm and colonize.
_6th, 7th, and 8th November, 1869._--We came to many large villages, and were variously treated; one headman presented me with a parrot, and on my declining it, gave it to one of my people; some ordered us off, but were coaxed to allow us to remain over night.