gayest colors. It is amusing to see one with a pair of
low % shoes on, no clothing except a piece of cloth
about the waist, no sox, only the shoes.

Friday, Jan. 29 - 1896

After breakfast, I went down to the river, & there I saw
Mr. Frank going to Matadi in his boat, so I went with
him. He took me to the steamer where I inquired for the
boxes which I wanted to get the guns out and take them
to Matadi and have them registered. The mate told me he
had not found them, so I went down in the hold & goon
got them out & left instructions what to do with them
until I had a chance to get them. I then went to the
Eng. house and found Mr. Frank and after staying in
Matadi as long as was necessary we started back and I
suggested to bring the boxes down to Londe in his boat
which he readily agreed to and after putting thez on the
shore he would not let me get out, but hurried over to
“NKalaKala" to his house and there I stayed until after
chop. After staying a few minutes with him efter dinner
I went back te Londe and opened the boxes and got out

the guns. It was a hard job for inside the wooden box
was a tin box souldered. Bro. Clippingdale came down with
@ sail on his boat and took p.m. tea with us. I went out
with a gun and shot at an eagle flying but he was too

far off. I missed. Good-night.

Thursday, Jan. 28-97 >  Kege>

I made a mistake of one day, as you will see or have
already seen.

Went to Matadi this asm. and on the ship looked for my
boxes, but had not yet appeared. When I returned a notice
was for me to appear at the telephone - which is in the
P.O. Mr. Clippingdale was at Londe, and affered me his
boat and men who took me again to Matadi. I had a little
talk with Phipps, nothing of importance. I then went
down to the station (R.R.) and got a package of writing
material which Verner had left through mistake (I
suppose, as the R.R..had not received it nor were they
responsible for it they said). The pkge was in bad con
dition liable to be lost, but it is safe now. I was gled
to find it for part of it was for Tumba, and you see I'm
interested. The Lord led me to find it. In the Pele

Mr. M°Kenny & Mr..Clippingdale were going down to
Underhill for some wardrobes, and there was a little

Bet
