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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



August, 

 1874. 



sound and well-deserved thrashings to some AYanyamwezi por- 

 ters from Nyangwe, who had taken advantage of the row to 

 commence looting a village. 



We camped about two miles from Russuna's village, yet he, 

 together with his brother and half a dozen wives, came to stay 

 with us during our two days' halt. He visited me very often, 

 bringing a different wife each time. They were the hand- 

 somest women I had seen in Africa, and, in addition to their 

 kilts of grass -cloth, w^ore scarfs of the same material across 

 their breasts. 



6UB-CIIIKP. 



On the second day all fear of me and bashfulness had van- 

 ished, and they came in a body to see me. I soon had them all 

 sitting around me looking at pictures and other curiosities ; and 

 after a time they began to wax so much more familiar that they 

 turned up the legs and sleeves of my sleeping suit, which I al- 

 ways wore in camp, to discover whether it was my face alone 

 that was white. Indeed, they ultimately became so inquisitive 



