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Meanwhile
,
a
climatic
fact
,
very
rare
at
that
period
of
the
year
,
was
produced
in
the
province
.
Persistent
rains
began
about
the
19th
of
June
,
though
the
masika
period
,
that
finishes
in
April
,
was
passed
.
In
fact
,
the
sky
was
covered
,
and
continual
showers
inundated
the
territory
of
Kazounde
.
What
was
only
a
vexation
for
Mrs.
Weldon
,
because
she
must
renounce
her
walks
inside
the
factory
,
became
a
public
misfortune
for
the
natives
.
The
low
lands
,
covered
with
harvests
already
ripe
,
were
entirely
submerged
.
The
inhabitants
of
the
province
,
to
whom
the
crop
suddenly
failed
,
soon
found
themselves
in
distress
.
All
the
labors
of
the
season
were
compromised
,
and
Queen
Moini
,
any
more
than
her
ministers
,
did
not
know
how
to
face
the
catastrophe
.
They
then
had
recourse
to
the
magicians
,
but
not
to
those
whose
profession
is
to
heal
the
sick
by
their
incantations
and
sorceries
,
or
who
predict
success
to
the
natives
.
There
was
a
public
misfortune
on
hand
,
and
the
best
"
mganngas
,
"
who
have
the
privilege
of
provoking
or
stopping
the
rains
,
were
prayed
to
,
to
conjure
away
the
peril
.
Their
labor
was
in
vain
.
It
was
in
vain
that
they
intoned
their
monotonous
chant
,
rang
their
little
bells
and
hand-bells
,
employed
their
most
precious
amulets
,
and
more
particularly
,
a
horn
full
of
mud
and
bark
,
the
point
of
which
was
terminated
by
three
little
horns
.
The
spirits
were
exorcised
by
throwing
little
balls
of
dung
,
or
in
spitting
in
the
faces
of
the
most
august
personages
of
the
court
;
but
they
did
not
succeed
in
chasing
away
the
bad
spirits
that
presided
over
the
formation
of
the
clouds
.
Now
,
things
were
going
from
bad
to
worse
,
when
Queen
Moini
thought
of
inviting
a
celebrated
magician
,
then
in
the
north
of
Angola
.
He
was
a
magician
of
the
first
order
,
whose
power
was
the
more
marvelous
because
they
had
never
tested
it
in
this
country
where
he
had
never
come
.
But
there
was
no
question
of
its
success
among
the
Masikas
.
It
was
on
the
25th
of
June
,
in
the
morning
,
that
the
new
magician
suddenly
announced
his
arrival
at
Kazounde
with
great
ringing
of
bells
.
This
sorcerer
came
straight
to
the
"
tchitoka
,
"
and
immediately
the
crowd
of
natives
rushed
toward
him
.
The
sky
was
a
little
less
rainy
,
the
wind
indicated
a
tendency
to
change
,
and
those
signs
of
calm
,
coinciding
with
the
arrival
of
the
magician
,
predisposed
the
minds
of
the
natives
in
his
favor
.
Besides
,
he
was
a
superb
man
--
a
black
of
the
finest
water
.
He
was
at
least
six
feet
high
,
and
must
be
extraordinarily
strong
.
This
prestige
already
influenced
the
crowd
.
Generally
,
the
sorcerers
were
in
bands
of
three
,
four
,
or
five
when
they
went
through
the
villages
,
and
a
certain
number
of
acolytes
,
or
companions
,
made
their
cortege
.
