298 GONDOKORO TO OBBO.

these journeys, which were undertaken for the control of the Government service, the inspection of the officials and of the work accomplished, and the protection and improvement of the Negro population, have also contributed to the pecuniary advantage of the Government is, I think, proved by the fact that I have delivered into the magazine here, about ten hundredweights of ivory and five or six pounds of ostrich feathers, which were presented to me by Negro chiefs in return for the presents I gave them.