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too much for the Lygonani to resist, and we got off very 

 cheaply in consequence. 



Another advantage of Juma's tactics was that the Lygonani 

 sent his comrades off soon afterwards, so as to get his bribe un- 

 observed. A few hours later, however, another warrior came 

 into camp alone and said he was the real Lygonani of the district 



MASAI MORAN PAINTING THEIR SHIELDS. 



and must have his present. He was very self-possessed, and he 

 may have been right, but we knew better than to be made to 

 pay twice over, so we settled him with the reply that fifty Masai 

 had combined to call the other man their Lygonani, and how 

 could he expect us to believe the word of one against so 

 many. 



We had heard that the loam-coloured waters of the Guaso 



