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army numbering 150,000 warriors, as it was expected that he 

 would have to fight the rebellious Wasoga as well as the Wavuma. 

 Besides this great army must be reckoned nearly 50,000 women, 

 and about as many children and slaves of both sexes, so that at 

 a rough guess, after looking at all the camps and various tribu- 

 tary nations which, at Mtesa's command, had contributed their 

 quotas, the number of souls in Mtesa's camp must have been 

 about 250,000. 



Stanley had the pleasure of reviewing this immense army as it 

 was put in motion toward the battle-ground. He describes the 

 officers and troops in the following graphic style : 



"The advance-guard had departed too early for me to see 

 them, but, curious to see the main body of this great army pass, 

 I stationed myself at an early hour at the extreme limit of the 

 camp. 



"First with his legion, came Mkwenda, who guards the fron- 

 tier between the Katonga valley and Willimiesi against the 

 Wanyoro. He is a stout, burly young man, brave as a lion, 

 having much experience of wars, and cunning and adroit in their 

 conduct, accomplished with the spear, and possessing, besides, 

 other excellent fighting qualities. I noticed that the Waganda 

 chiefs, though Muslimized, clung to their war-paint and national 

 charms, for each warrior, as he passed by on the trot, was most 

 villainously, bedaubed with ochre and pipe-clay. The force under 

 the command of Mkwenda might be roughly numbered at 30,000 

 warriors and camp-followers, and though the path was a mere 

 goat-track, the rush of this legion on the half-trot soon crushed 

 out a broad avenue. 



" The old general Kangau, who defends the country between 

 Willimiesi and the Victoria Nile, came next with his following, 

 their banners flying, drums beating, and pipes playing, he and 

 his warriors stripped for action, their bodtes and faces daubed 

 with white, black, and ochreous war-paint. 



"Next came a rush of about 2,000 chosen warriors, all tall 

 men, expert with spear and shield, lithe of body and nimble of 

 foot, shouting as they trotted past their war-cry of Kavya, 



