'One  soweth  and  another  reapeth.'

John  iv.  37.
Reapers  behold  the  sower  !  !


We  sat  down  and  looked  at  the  tomb  a  little  while  :
we  were  then  joined  by  a  man  named  Mafuk.
The  Camma  language  differs  little  from  that  of  the
Gaboon  ;  but  I  wished  to  engage  a  counsellor  and
guide,  and  this  was  the  man  recommended  by  Retimbo.
He  was  very  short,  with  a  yellower  face  and  more
of  a  beard  than  is  usually  found  among  these  people.
Like  most  small  men  he  was  rather  self-sufficient,  in-
quired after  my  family,  and  called  me  his  dear  friend.
I  put  a  stop  to  this  familiarity,  and  spoke  about  his
wages.  I  agreed  to  give  him  four  dollars  a  month,
and  ordered  a  canoe  and  four  men.  Next  morning  at
daylight  we  were  off.
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The  preparations  which  I  made  were  these :  my
canoe  was  furnished  with  mast  and  sail,  spare  paddles,
and  poles  for  punting  in  the  shallows  ;  a  cask  of  water
for  my  men — the  lower  river  being  salt — and  a  small
stone  jar  for  myself.  My  bed  was  spread  in  the  stern,
so  that  I  could  lie  down  when.  I  wished,  and  my  rug
was  folded  as  a  seat  in  the  bow  of  the  boat,  where  I
sat,  gun  in  hand,  looking  out  for  a  specimen  or  some-
thing for  the  dinner.
