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offered to become blood brothers with him, and 

 assured him that our hves would then be as one ; 

 and that, as I was a much younger man, it meant 

 that in all probability- 

 he would live to a 

 great old age. This 

 seemed to tickle him, 

 and he allowed me 

 to take several photo- 

 graphs of him. As 

 soon as he saw the 

 slaves,he became very 

 angry, shook his baby 

 fist, and threatened 

 war; but as his threats 

 met with laughter 

 only, he went away 

 much disgruntled. 



The next day we 

 had a long march 

 before us, so we started early. We marched until just 

 before sundown, and then rested until moonrise, when 

 we again set out, intending to march all night. At 

 about two in the morning I came upon a camp of 

 sleeping people, and seeing a European tent I went 

 to it, and awoke its occupant, who proved to be a Mr. 

 Neumann, bound upon an ivory-trading expedition to 

 Daitcho. It was delightful to see him — the first 

 European except the members of my caravan whom I 

 had met since leaving the coast in September, 1892, 

 and this was January, 1894. We sat up until eight 

 o'clock the following morning, talking and chatting ; 



Mgundu 



