158 A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



reason to know, the very name of "white man' 

 odious wherever they went. I, on the other hand, 

 went through German territory and gave full 

 information to the nearest station of my move- 

 ments, taking a pass from Uganda and doing 

 everything in my power to pay for everything. 

 And the result was that the German Government 

 stole my guns. I hear from my agents, "the 

 German authorities positively refuse to give them 

 up, and say that you failed to attend to the 

 Government regulations when it was in your 

 power to do so." iVnd this, after their officer 

 would not even deign to reply to my letter or 

 return an enclosure received from the German 

 Foreign Office before starting (for which I had 

 to thank Professor Engler) ! In fact, the courteous 

 manner in which the English Government treats 

 others, and the extreme want of courtesy with 

 which Englishmen are treated by the German and 

 French Governments, is almost beyond belief. 



On my arrival at Tengetenge's, no human being, 

 of course, was on view ; but at last a man, who 

 had been living near us, and knew the mildness of 

 my disposition, turned up, and I sent the diplo- 

 matic Taratibu to interview him. He sent word 

 that he wanted me to come with live men, and 

 unarmed ! I told him by Taratibu not to be silly, 

 and to come at once. So he appeared, shaking 

 with fear and guarded by two hundred equally 

 alarmed warriors. He is a short, fat and bloated 



