CHAPTER XIX 



September 23. — We were ready to march at six, 

 but Missambi 's ten men — who had slept in the village — 

 did not show up. Repeated messages failed to unearth 

 them; so at seven we started on for Myeru's, leaving 

 M'ganga to bring on the rest — when he could find 

 them. Passing the "royal palace/' we stopped and 

 made parting bluffs at Missambi and his advisers, who 

 were sullen. 



There was some local dissension, and the truth of the 

 matter is that Missambi had no real authority, though 

 himself well-disposed. 



Had my chair carried, and sat down in it from time 



to time. Much better; and the hills seemed to have 



shrunk since the down trip. Got some seeds of the 



red-flowering tree. Made the twelve miles in four 



and a half hours, and camped again at our old camp 



near the Sultan Myeru. He brought us in eggs and 



milk, two loads of m^wembe, and seemed glad to see us. 



We promised him meat on the morrow. As I did not 



feel up to it, Cuninghame went out in the afternoon 



and shot two topi for our own use. M 'ganga got in at 



six-thirty with ten men, but different ones than we had 



listed before. They had learned the other men 's names, 



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