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Rh be more sensible than I am of the inadequate conception this paper gives of a subject of engrossing interest. Should I ever have to return once more to Africa, it will be something more than the mere conventional pleasure to collect and arrange legends and sayings that are fast passing into an oblivion from which they can never be recovered again to the world.