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THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



four baskets of sweet potatoes, fifty ears of green Indian corn, a 

 basket of rice, twenty fresh eggs, and ten pots of maramba 

 wine. Kauta, Mtesa's steward or butler, at the head of the 

 drovers and bearers of these various provisions, fell on his knees 

 before Stanley and said : 



" The Kabaka sends salaams unto his friend who has traveled 

 so far to see him. The Kabaka cannot see the face of his friend 



MTESA AND HIS PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 



until he has eaten and is satisfied. The Kabaka has sent his 

 slave with these few things to his friend that he may eat, and at 

 the ninth hour, after his friend has rested, the Kabaka will send 

 and call for him to appear at the burzah. I have spoken. Twi- 

 yanzi-yanzi-yanzi ! " 



The appointed time approached, and Stanley was prepared 

 for the memorable hour when lie should meet th6 Foremost 

 Man of Equatorial Africa. Two o t^& Kabaka' s pages came to 



