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civilization of the nineteenth century. And should England, January, 

 with her mills working half-time, and with distress in the man- ^^'^^- 

 nfacturing districts, neglect the opportunity of opening a mar- 

 ket which would give employment to thousands of the work- 

 ing classes, it will ever remain an inexplicable enigma. 



Let us hope that the Anglo-Saxon race will allow no other 

 nation to outstrip it in the efforts to rescue thousands — nay, 

 millions — of fellow-creatures from the misery and degradation 

 which must otherwise infallibly fall to their lot. 



At Liowa's village the whole population turned out to stare 

 at us, and their astonishment at beholding a Euroj^ean was far 

 less than that displayed at the sight of old Leo. This was in 

 no way diminished by the wonderful stories related of him by 

 my men, who declared that, single-handed, he was a match for 

 any two lions in Africa. 



These people were a fine, manly, warlike race, well armed with 

 guns and spears, the blades of the latter being sometimes two 

 feet in length, and more than four inches wide in their broad- 

 est part. 



Two ornaments which I had hitherto rarely seen now be- 

 came common. One, the sambo, consisting of a quantity of 

 small circles of elephant's hair or hide, neatly bound round with 

 very fine wire, was worn on the legs. Natives of high degree 

 frequently wore such a mass of these as to give them the ap- 

 pearance of being afflicted with elephantiasis ; and though I 

 had no means of ascertaining the exact number on each leg, I 

 may safely affirm that in some instances three hundred would 

 ■be under leather than over the mark. 



The other ornament to which I allude was composed of 

 fringes of long goat's hair, also worn-round the leg, commen- 

 cing just above the swell of the calf and reaching well-nigh to 

 the ground. To both these ornaments there were often ap- 

 pended small bells and pieces of tin and other metal, and the 

 happy possessor of such extra decorations was never inclined to 

 let them pass unnoticed, but would stamp and strut about like 

 a lunatic, in order to make them jingle and herald his approach. 



While we were at Liowa's, a party belonging to Mrima 

 Ngombe arrived en route to Simba, a chief of the Warori, who, 

 having lately been successful in looting a quantity of ivory 



