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liad already seen on Mount Nyiro. He wore this either hke 

 a shawl over his shoulders, wound round his body like a girdle, 

 or draped in various ways. His mother must, I think, have 

 been a Burkeneji woman, for he spoke that language per- 

 fectly, which greatly aided our intercourse with him. He 

 told us we must shift our camp, as we had pitched it right in 

 the track across which his people daily drove their cattle. 

 He recommended a spot nearer the village on one of the sandy 

 hills, where we should be less bothered with mosquitoes and 

 should have a pool of rainwater on the other side of the hill. 

 The Count promised to move there the next day, and the 

 Oromaj left us after receiving a small present, for which he did 

 not seem to care much. 



So our first day amongst the Eeshiat passed over in a 

 remarkably quiet manner, differing not at all from what it 

 would have been if we had just arrived at Taveta or some 

 place near the coast. 



