From "In the Heart of Africa," by Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Mecldenburg (Cassell & Co.) 
HIGH JUMP BY A WATUSSI (St^ PAGES 378 AND 382) 
was principally through Wiese's efforts 
that we were enabled to get together a 
Ruanda collection such as has never be- 
fore been seen in Europe. 
At Niansa we received a visit from 
Father Class and Father Dufays, of the 
mission station of the White Fathers, 
who came along in company with Dr. 
Czekanowski. Long years of intimate 
intercourse with the natives enabled them 
to give us much valuable information 
relative to the inhabitants of Ruanda. 
The day before they had paid us a very 
delicate attention in the shape of a most 
welcome parcel of fresh tomatoes and 
vegetables. This was a great treat, our 
enjoyment of which could not be ade- 
quately appreciated save by Europeans 
who had suft'ered, like ourselves, from 
long deprivation of such luxuries. 
If we were going to fulfill satisfac- 
torily the various tasks we had set our- 
selves, it was now high time that we 
were once more on the move. So we 
resolved upon an early departure. 
The most singular fact associated with 
our visit was that we never once came 
face to face with a Watussi woman. It 
appeared that they had been carefully 
guarded in their huts the whole of the 
time, so that they might not meet the eye 
of any of the "whites." 
When we took our leave of the Sul- 
tan, at early dawn on the 12th of August, 
it was with a certain amount of satisfac- 
tion. We had been afforded an insight 
into the court life of a negro prince and 
favored with a display of his power such 
as no one had ever experienced previ- 
ously or would probably ever experience 
again. When the illimitable power of 
this Sultan has receded before European 
influence, and when busy throngs of 
traders encroach upon the haughty aloof- 
ness of this most aristocratic of all negro 
tribes and the white man's herds graze 
in its pastures, then we shall be able to 
appreciate to the full the value of our 
remarkable experience. 
