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THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



soga bore the palm for splendor of dress and ornate equipments. 

 Ankori, the chief, and his officers were wonderfully gay. 



Snow-white ostrich plumes decorated their heads, and lion and 



leopard-skins covered 

 their backs, while their 

 loins were girded with 

 snow-white, long-haired 

 monkey and goat-skins ; 

 even the staves of their 

 lances were ornamented 

 with feathers and rings of 

 white monkey-skin. 



The fleet, bearing 

 Mtesa's men, numbering 

 230 canoes, moved across 

 the water again ; hardly a 

 Uvuma (generally written 

 Wavuma) was to be seen 

 and only the prows of a 

 few of their boats were 

 visible among the tall 

 reeds on the other side. 

 As the Waganda (Mtesa's 

 forces) approached near 

 the opposite shore, how- 

 ever, 192 boats shot out 

 from among the reeds and 

 made an impetuous dash 

 upon the superior force, 

 and drove them rapidly to 

 Nakarang point, where 

 their retreat was covered 



THE HIGH PRIEST. 



by a large body of soldiers 



with muskets and four small cannons. Thus the second attack 

 terminated, leaving the Wavuma masters of the situation. 

 Mtesa was dreadfully affected by this second defeat, and 



