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of Uganda to Stanley, begging a visit from him. This messen- 

 ger was gorgeously arrayed for the important occasion ; he wore 

 ahead-worked head-dress, above which long white cock's feathers 

 waved, and a snowy white and long-haired goat-skin, intertwin- 

 ed with a crimson robe, depending from his shoulders, com- 

 pleted his costume. Approaching Stanley, he delivered his 

 message thus : 



" The Kabaka sends me with many salaams to you. He is in 

 great hopes that you will visit him, and has encamped at Usa- 

 vara, that he may be near the lake when you come. He does not 

 know from what land you have come, but I have a swift messen- 

 ger with a canoe who will not stop until he gives all the news to 

 the Kabaka. His mother dreamed a dream a few nights ago, 

 and in her dream she sa\r a white man on this lake in a boat, 

 coming this way, and the next morning she told the Kabaka, and, 

 lo ! you have come. Give me your answer, that I may send 

 the messenger. Twiyanzi-yanzi-yanzi ! " (Thanks, thanks, 

 thanks.) 



Thus delivering himself, the messenger, whose name was Ma- 

 gassa, implored Stanley to remain one day longer, that he 

 might show him the hospitalities of his country, and prepare 

 him for a grand reception by the king, to which Stanley con- 

 sented. 



Magassa was in his glory now. His voice became imperious to 

 his escort of 182 men ; even the feathers of his curious head- 

 dress waved prouder, and his robe had a sweeping dignity 

 worthy of a Roman emperor's. Upon landing, Magassa's stick 

 was employed frequently. The sub-chief of Kadzi was com- 

 pelled to yield implicit obedience to his viceregal behests. 



** Bring out bullocks, sheep, and goats, milk, and the mellow- 

 est of your choicest bananas, and great jars of maramba, and let 

 the white man and his boatmen eat, and taste of the hospitalities 

 of Uganda. Shall a white man enter the Kabaka' s presence with 

 an empty belly? See how sallow and pinched his cheeks are. 

 We want to see whether we cannot show him kindness superior 

 to what the pagans have shown him." 



