674 QUICK MEDICINE. 



and presented it to liis majesty's nose ; the effect, he tells us, was 

 magical : he fell back as if he was shot, and such contortions as 

 his features underwent are indescribable. The chieftains roared 

 with laughter, and clapped their hands and pinched each other 

 and snapped their fingers in a frenzy of merriment, while the 

 great chief, slowly recovering himself, great tears rolling down 

 his cheeks and his face quivering with laughter, slowly uttered 

 the word, " Kali " — hot, strong or quick medicine. The morn- 

 ing passed and the visitors left delighted and fully impressed 

 with the idea of the white man's greatness, which they expressed 

 most vehemently, saying, " Oh, these white men know every- 

 thing, the Arabs are dirt compared to them." 



They had now come into the real game country of Unyam- 

 wezi. They had barely left the waving corn-fields of Manyara 

 when they came in sight of a herd of noble zebra. As they 

 advanced they beheld herds of buffalo, zebra, giraffe and ante- 

 lope. They were on the banks of the Gombe. The whole 

 country was one magnificent park, and it was impossible to re- 

 sist the temptation to spend a few days in hunting. And when 

 the days admonished him of the importance of continuing the 

 journey, so thoroughly in love with the beautiful scenes and 

 the abundance of meat had his men become that his order 

 to march was met by open rebellion. They delegated Bombay 

 to beg that they might stay one day longer. Bombay was well 

 scolded for bringing such a message, after two days of rest and 

 so much food. Bombay moved away in a manifestly sulky 

 mood, and an expression which seemed to say, " Well, get them 

 to move yourself, you wicked, hard man ; I shall not help you." 

 That which followed we give in Mr. Stanley's words : " Notwith- 

 standing their unwillingness, at the sound of the horn the men 

 turned to their bales and marched off, but in deep, sullen silence." 

 Stanley remained behind to drive the stragglers on. In about 

 half an hour he saw the caravan come to a dead halt, the bales 

 thrown down and the men, engaged in angry conversation and 

 gesticulation, standing about in groups. There was manifestly 

 serious work on hand, and taking his double-barrel gun from 

 Selim's shoulder he selected a dozen charges of buckshot, and 

 slipping two of them into the barrels and adjusting his revolvers 

 for handy work, he walked forward towards the angry men. 



