GLIMPSES OF KAST AFRICA AND ZANZIliAU 



was a white num. and a certain major to boot ; he 

 whitened his faee, and smeared his arms, hands, 

 and lej^s with whitening, and wandered about in a 

 sack with holes in it for his head and arms, wearing 

 the while a sickly ^nin. No one troubled about him. 



A third crwiture frit^htened me somewhat — an 

 Amb with a silly-looking' grinninj^ face, and very pro- 

 minent " tununy," on which rested a huge Arab 

 dagj^'iM". One evening he would walk close behind 

 my husband and I, and insisted on siiying "Good- 

 day". When we went into a shop, he followed. I 

 grew (piite nervous, as my husband and I were 

 parting com}>iuiy later ; ))ut he told me the man was 

 only a harndess lunatic they called the Sultan's 

 jester, so 1 went on home alone (a little hurriedly 

 perhaps). 



The Waombaji and Wamaskini (beggars, and 

 very poor) are not allowed to wander in the town, 

 but are all kept in a village by themselves just out- 

 side ; though some come in on certain days to col- 

 lect money from the charitable Indians. 



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