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according to the taste of each individual one half of the body 

 red or black, the other blue, not in regular order as, for instance, 

 one stocking would be red, the other black, while the breeches 

 above would be the opposite colors, and so with the sleeves and 

 waistcoat. Every man carried the same arms two spears and 

 one shield held as if approaching an enemy, and they thus 

 moved in three lines of single rank and file, at fifteen to twenty 

 paces asunder, with the same high action and elongated step, the 

 ground leg only being bent, to give their strides the greater force. 

 After the men had all started, the captains of companies followed, 

 even more fantastically dressed ; and last of all came the great 

 Colonel Congow, a perfect Robinson Crusoe, with his long white- 

 haired goatskins, a fiddle-shaped leather shield, tufted with white 

 hair at all six extremities, bands of long hair tied below the 

 knees, and a magnificent helmet, covered with rich beads of every 

 color, in excellent taste, surmounted with a plume of crimson 

 feathers, from the centre of which rose a bent stem, tufted with 

 goat-hair. Next they charged in companies to and fro ; and, 

 finally, the senior officers came charging at their king, making 

 violent professions of faith and honesty, for which they were 

 applauded. The parade then broke up, and all went home. 



GRANT'S ARRIVAL WITH SUPPLIES. 



AFTER weeks of patient waiting, Capt. Speke had the pleasure 

 of again seeing his anxiously looked-for comrade approaching 

 Uganda, borne in a litter carried by four porters. Capt. Grant 

 had been suffering from a stubborn ulcer on his heel, and for a 

 long while was unable to travel, which accounted for the long 

 delay of his arrival. On the day after reaching Uganda, Mtesa 

 sent one of his ambassadors to bring Captains Speke and Grant 

 to his palace, where he had arranged for another levee in honor 

 of the new guest. In the afternoon the two travelers repaired to 

 the court, where the king gave them a courteous welcome, being 

 particularly well pleased because they presented him with another 

 double-barreled shot-gun and some more ammunition. Grant 

 showed the king many of his sketches, not a few of which were 

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