STAY AT SAY 297 pointed huts are quite hidden by it, and the scene is one of great beauty, giving an impression of considerable prosperity. Women come down to the beach to fetch water, and bathe in the arm of the stream. On market day at Say — that is to say, on Friday — there is great excitement at Talibia, men, women, and children trooping to market with their wares '3 Lblv . J. » •v-«J*ta .

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as they do in France, carrying their butter, their mats — in a word, all the produce of the week's work on their heads. Above Talibia and the confluence of the third arm of the river the wood becomes dense and impenetrable. A little path follows the river-bank through the tall grass, and during our long sta}- in the island it was the daily morning occupation to watch from the top of the island who should come along this path, for by it alone could king's ambassadors, marabouts, market-women or any one else approach us.