A SKIRMISH WITH CANNIBALS 



told him that if he wanted a present he could have one, 

 and I tapped the magazine of the 350. I told him that 

 I had informed Naramba that he would be free to return 

 to his village, and that neither he nor his followers should 

 be touched. The brute drew himself up to his full height 

 and raising the bow aloft, proceeded to harangue me. 

 Juma acted as interpreter. 



" You must never come back here, but go far away 

 over there," and he pointed out to the west, then with 

 a shout of " Mingi, mingi," they turned and marched 

 away on their homeward journey, looking back several 

 times to see if any one was following them ; but I stood 

 out a few paces from the crowd behind me and watched 

 them until they were swallowed up in the density of 

 the fairy-like glade below us. 



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