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TRAVELS IN EASTERN AFRICA 



two other chiefs. I refused this also. He then said : 

 " Well, I leave you to your fate," and turning on his 

 heel, stalked out of the tent and the zeriba. He was 

 shortly followed by Lokomogul and Lyserege. 



After the chiefs left, we were able to purchase ten 

 donkeys by giving extraordinary prices in cloth and 

 beads for them; still, the price was less than was first 

 asked. To acquire these ten donkeys required more 



Scene in Camp 



than half the trading-goods which we had considered 

 sufficient to purchase fifty or seventy-five camels. 



The following day the chiefs did not visit us, and 

 but few of the natives appeared. We asked to be 

 taken to their villages, but they refused, saying that 

 strangers were never permitted to visit the villages 

 of the Rendile. Durino- the afternoon, one of the 

 natives appeared, mounted upon a horse. The horse 

 looked for all the world like one of our western 

 ponies. I examined the bit and saddle with great 

 curiosity. The former was rudely fashioned of iron, 



