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meaning the Master with the Beard. The third heirloom 

 was an ordinary commercial almanac, with a picture of 

 Baker, which the old exiled King found in an Indian 

 shop. He had acquired it and sent it as a present to his 

 son. All these three mementos were shown to me with 

 great pride, for they all loved the old explorer and ad- 

 mired him even as I had done from a child. 



Amongst my presents was a lucky emblem, a pair of 

 leopard claws mounted and beautifully worked with 

 fine beads. This beautiful ornament had been made by 

 one of the Princesses and Dohaga presented it to me 

 with the words, "Great White Chief, this will bring you 

 great good fortune." "When I was thanking him I said 

 I was curious to know what kind of a fortune it would 

 specially bring me, that I might look out for it and 

 recognize it when it arrived. His reply was, "Great 

 White Chief, you will have many children." That was 

 indeed encouraging news for a poor bachelor who had 

 never been fortunate in love. At dinner that night upon 

 showing my new present to my hostess, the wife of the 

 resident, she exclaimed, "I'm green with envy. My hus- 

 band has been here fifteen years and has never yet had 

 one of those presented to him." 



A day later I passed on my way to Butiaba on Lake 

 Albert, and went on board the old "Samuel Baker" 

 which was then used for crossing the Lake to the Bel- 

 gian Congo side. Sentiment and associations made me 

 sleep on board, although we were to sail at dawn on the 

 "Livingstone." This latter boat was much smaller but 



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