The Pahouin village was a settlement in French Equatorial Africa, on the grassy banks of a tributary of the Ogooué River, about a day's travel upriver by boat from Lambaréné. The houses were constructed of grass, and it had a corral for goats. It was governed by a chief. The next day, the Collette was loaded up with fruits, goats and other items in gratitude for the doctor's visit, and Oganga departed downriver.