70 A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



in bad Arabic characters ; sometimes they are 

 necklaces of leopard's or lion's teeth. They are 

 fond of necklaces, bracelets, and leglets of beads 

 or wire, and occasionally wear a thick ring of 

 hippopotamus-skin round the wrist. 



Both men and women seem to smoke as much 

 as they possibly can, even while on the march. 

 Nobody ever goes unarmed or lays aside his spear 

 for a moment. 



Lukala, the king's deputy, gave me a great deal 

 of trouble ; he was always begging and delaying 

 our march as long as possible. He used to take 

 it as a personal insult if I gave anything to the 

 natives who had to bring us food by the king's 

 orders, and occasionally stalked off in a huff, leav- 

 ing us quite alone. Usually Taratibu managed to 

 keep him in good humour, but I was very pleased 

 indeed to get rid of him. 



A German expedition, under Captain Langheld, 

 had, for purposes which I do not understand, 

 passed through Ankole a short time before my 

 arrival. The leader wished, contrary to the ex- 

 pressed desire of Antari, to proceed to the latter' s 

 capital, and was in consequence attacked (though 

 the natives say he fired upon them first). Lang- 

 held in a few minutes killed a pretty large number. 

 The result was to make the people both bitter 

 against and much afraid of Europeans. 



A wretched porter of mine, at a spot near the 

 mute of this German caravan, who had only one 



