MUSIC. 51 expressed in the love and war songs are of a higher order than one might imagine.

Africans seem to wake up at sunset, and, especially on moonlight nights, will dance and sing till the small hours. This is pleasant enough for them, hut to the weary traveller less noisy companions would he more acceptable. Notwithstanding, there is a great charm in watching their fantastic dances, lit up by large fires, or the softer silvery light of the moon, and accompanied by the gentle regular clapping of hands, and the low music of flute, harp, and sons. The whole scene has a fascination about it which can only be understood by those whom duty or pleasure has led into the wilds amongst Nature's dusky £ems.

It is a short journey of some two hours and a half by water from Kodj to Foweira, at which lace I was received by the Yakil xlchmet Aga Mohammed.

I stayed there from June 13 to July 2, but for some reason Foweira is not healthy, and I was unwell most of the time. The clerk here was formerly a convict, and is now very religious, I suppose to make up for his past misdeeds. He and two other men were praying from morning till night, and though I respect Moslems for their constancy in prayer, it was rather monotonous to hear " Allah il Allah," " Mohammed rassoul Allah " all day almost without a break.

Lions and leopards are very troublesome at E 2