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Hostile Forces 



A short time after these occurrences, the Commandant 

 of P'ort Moshi arrived at the Meru ^Mountain, accom- 

 panied by several regiments of Askaris, to select a 

 settlement for two missionaries of the Leipsic Mission, 

 Messrs. Ovis and Seegebrock. 



Towards evening", a chief and an old woman warned 

 the Europeans that there was danger in delay. Their 



A DRINKING-PLACE 



warning was scouted — but not by the Sudanese Askaris. 

 who. without having been ordered to do so, spent the 

 night without sleep, their loaded weapons under their 

 hands. In the early-morning hours these warlike men 

 hear a rustling in the surroundlnor banana-grove. It Is 

 clear to them that something Is going on there. Without 

 hesitation they open fire. Then there Is a clashing of 

 weapons, and a rush of warriors in the darkness. The 



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