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A BLACK JUGURTHA. 



struck by his Arab owner he spat upon him, and 

 declared that if burnt alive he would not cry 

 out. Being carried before the late Sayyid, he 

 boldly told him that c God exalts men and brings 

 them low, that both were kings, and that the 

 same misfortune which had made one a captive 

 might also happen to the other.' As he walked 

 through the streets all the slaves, wild and do- 

 mestic, prostrated themselves, to be touched by 

 the point of his staff ; they served him with food 

 upon their knees ; they remained in that position 

 while he ate, and all wailed when he was placed 

 in the Port. The same story is told of an old 

 6 Congo king/ who is still remembered at Bio de 

 Janeiro. The prisoner of Zanzibar invariably 

 placed his foot upon presents, and when the 

 Sayyid restored him to liberty he departed empty- 

 handed. M. Broquin, the French Consul, and 

 other Europeans made inquiries about this black 

 Jugurtha : all they could discover was that his 

 country lay somewhere about the great Central 

 Lakes. 



A few Wazegura, Wasegejo, and Wadigo, 

 heathen from the mainland, visit Zanzibar to buy 

 and sell, or to fly from foes and famine. The 



the name which the Greeks after their fashion literally trans- 

 lated ' Mountain-range of the Moon.' 



