STAY AT SAY 319 him one day, " Why don't you perform your salaam when the others do ? " " Commandant," he replied, " I am too small ; I will do it when I am married."

Well, the morning devotions over, we used to go to work, for there was always something to do ; the boats needed repair, or we had to add to the tata, to unpack and repack the bales, send out parties to cut wood or straw, and last.

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not least, to drill the men, and make them practice shooting at a target. We used to hear our carpenter Abdulaye singing as he conscientiously worked at oar-making, and his song did not vary by an iota all the time we were at Say.

It was a very monotonous rhythm consisting of one word, Sdm-ba-ld-a-be-e-L-€-e-e-c-. Samba Laobe, be it understood, was one of the heroes of the native resistance of the French in Cayor, and was killed in single combat with Sub-Lieutenant Chauvey of the Spahis in 1886. I don't think