fulfil a great many duties of which he never dreamed when he left England. Monday also affords time for translational and other language work which must be done.
The conditions of life are now becoming much improved, and better houses are being erected. The easiest plan, and the one most usually followed, is to make a framework of palm poles, which often have to be carried eight to ten miles on men's heads from the forests. Across these twigs and sticks are tied on with the bark of a tree, the space being filled in with mud. When plastered this makes a very respectable wall, which is whitewashed or yellow-washed with a kind of chalky clay.
The roofs are thatched with grass, a work at which the people are very skilful, but at which they have some peculiar customs. A thatcher will often be seen smoking a pipe while putting on the grass, and if a foreman or European comes upon him
