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foes had already got close to the camp in such numbers 

 that, next morning, over thirty dead warriors were seen 

 in its immediate vicinity. 



One or two shots were heard simultaneously in the 

 camp of the missionaries, only a few minutes' distance 

 from us. A courageous black volunteered, when the 

 .attack had been repulsed, to creep into the mission-camp 

 over the stream which divided it from us, so as to see 

 what had happened there. Presently he came back, with 

 the news that every one in the other camp had been 

 killed ; both missionaries pierced by numerous spear- 

 wounds, and their possessions demolished, down to the 

 tiniest article. 



Then there was a great punitive expedition ; and for 

 a long time after that peace seemed to prevail. 



About three years later I went again to Kilimanjaro, 

 and found everything there in a state of apparently pro- 

 found tranquillity. The missionaries knew nothing of any 

 new designs on the part of the hill-folk. 



I may as well take this opportunity of mentioning that 

 the Kilimanjaro district has been endowed with a some- 

 what regrettable medley of missionaries, Catholics and 

 Evangelicals dividing the sparsely populated hillsides in 

 alternate streaks. This cannot have a beneficial influence 

 upon the natives. 



In Europe very optimistic views of the economical 

 future of this district are beginning to prevail, based 

 on most doubtful authority. The w r ell-founded though 

 pessimistic verdict given by Professor Volkens, in his 



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