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to a rejoicing swarm of savages, and went home by a 

 detour, just to enjoy the groves of red-flowering trees. 

 They are quite large, with no leaves now, and deco- 

 rated all over with pompoms from which depend 

 feathery streamers, all of the finest scarlet, without a 

 trace of pink or yellow tone in it. 



In the afternoon visited the palace yard, where I 

 achieved great popularity by means of the rupee trick, 

 a few small gifts, and a number of simple jokes. A 

 minute infant with a tremendous corporation I chris- 

 tened "Bwana Tumbo," which was received by all 

 with roars of delight, and I think the name will stick. 

 We had quite a sociable afternoon-tea sort of time. 



Returning, I saw people coming in with the meat. 

 One group consisted of father, mother, and small boy 

 about four years old. The latter carried proudly on 

 his head a very tiny piece of meat. He was getting "all 

 nice and bluggy," just like papa and mamma. 



The water safari of women went through camp, each 

 with a gourd on her head according to size of bearer, 

 the very tiniest little girls having small gourds holding 

 a pint or so. They went by very straight, single file, 

 paying no attention to the remarks of the porters. 



Cuninghame back at three o'clock with no luck re- 

 cruiting. The evening was enlivened by an n^goma at 

 the palace. They had two drums, a deep one and a 

 shrill one, and they played varied tunes, and chanted 

 in unison until they got excited enough. Then they 



