Thesepeoplearemoresuperstitiousthananywehadyetencountered；
thoughstillonlybuildingtheirvillage，theyhadfoundtimetoerecttwolittleshedsatthechiefdwellinginit，inwhichwereplacedtwopotshavingcharmsinthemWhenaskedwhatmedicinetheycontained，theyreplied，“MedicinefortheBarimo；“butwhenIroseandlookedintothem，theysaidtheyweremedicineforthegameHerewesawthefirstevidenceoftheexistenceofidolatryintheremainsofanoldidolatadesertedvillageItwassimplyahumanheadcarvedonablockofwood。
Certaincharmsmixedwithredochreandwhitepipe-clayaredottedoverthemwhentheyareinuse；andacrookedstickisusedinthesamewayforanidolwhentheyhavenoprofessionalcarver。
AstheLeebaseemedstilltocomefromthedirectioninwhichwewishedtogo，Iwasdesirousofproceedingfartherupwiththecanoes；
butNyamoanawasanxiousthatweshouldallowherpeopletoconductustoherbrotherShinte；andwhenIexplainedtheadvantageofwater-carriage，sherepresentedthatherbrotherdidnotliveneartheriver，and，moreover，therewasacataractinfront，overwhichitwouldbedifficulttoconveythecanoesShewasafraid，too，thattheBalobale，whosecountryliestothewestoftheriver，notknowingtheobjectsforwhichwehadcome，wouldkillus。