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They are clothed usually in skins, though they 

 are very anxious for cloth when they have a chance 

 of obtaining it. They also wear heavy wire anklets, 

 and frequently amulets of various kinds round the 

 neck. 



They are rather above the medium height, 

 though slender, and many have the rather high 

 and prominent foreheads characteristic of the 

 Wahima. They are undoubtedly more intelligent 

 than most native races ; some of their paths are 

 neatly engineered through the hills, and stepping- 

 stones and even bridges across the small streams 

 are not infrequent. 



They appear to be quite ignorant of European 

 ways, and a petty chief once followed me with an 

 armed band to extort "Kongo," which, of course, 

 I refused. The most powerful of all the chiefs is 

 Makowalli, whom I did not see. He was very 

 angry with me because I only sent him seven 

 pieces of cloth, whereas Mr. Stokes had sent him 

 thirty-three cloths. I sent to tell him that he had 

 sent me nothing, and that I was not Mr. Stokes. 



These people are so cranky and rapacious, that 

 travelling is not safe with a small caravan. The 

 country seems in many places well adapted to 

 cattle. I saw one very large herd in Mpororo, and 

 the above-mentioned Makowalli is said to possess 

 two hundred cows, but I am afraid cattle ranching 

 would not be safe until the chiefs haA 7 e been 

 brought under control. 



