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with slaves brought from all parts of Africa. 

 Watussi seemed to me simply "herdsmen," not 

 a national name, though, as stated above, they are 

 usually of distinct origin. 



The truth is that, unless one has resided for 

 years in a country and knows both the language 

 and people well, it is very difficult indeed to draw 

 more than very general conclusions. 



The WaAnkole are not at all a pleasant people. 

 They are curiously sulky and obstinate. They are 

 probably more inhospitable, without being simply 

 warriors, than any other East African race. One 

 effect of their quarrelsome nature is to isolate 

 each little village from its neighbours, and the 

 result is that every little collection of huts has a 

 moral tone and character depending on that of the 

 leading spirit in the community. Most of these 

 little hamlets levy taxes on passers-by for water 

 and wood or showing the way ; and my small 

 party (then only fifty men) would never have 

 passed at all had I not been under the conduct of 

 a well-known chief of Antari's. 



We were supplied with provisions everywhere, 

 and though I took care always to pay for them, it 

 was only with much trouble that I prevented my 

 chief, "Lukala," from annexing everything. The 

 men usually wear a goatskin hung in an airy 

 manner across one shoulder, and very often 

 nothing else except amulets and ornaments. 

 Some of the former seem to be charms written 



