PEACE IS RESTORED 



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Jumbe Kimerneta. They had brought the lost "weapons with 

 them, but it was an hour and a half at least before they were 

 actually handed over. Speech after speech was made about 

 them, first by the natives, then by Kimemeta, the former trying 

 to prove themselves quite innocent and to throw all the blame on 

 their neighbours from Arusha. After this they came into camp 



MOUNT MERU. 



to receive their present, which consisted of seven doti ^ meri- 

 kani, four strings of murtinarok beads, twenty rings of brass 

 wire, twenty chain rings {inikufu), twenty strings of mhoro 

 beads, and a few charges of powder. 



Our present was by no means a small one, but, as already 

 explained, we wished to show we could be generous and to 

 make a good impression, so as to be able to carry on our 



' 1 doti = 2 schiika; 1 sclnika = A mikono. 1 miJcono = a length measured 

 imder the arm from the elbow to the tips of the fingers. 



