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round their loins, and for arms bearing, besides bow 
and arrows, the peculiar little Manga battle-axe, which 
they carry on their shoulders, while a good sized 
leathern pocket for carrying provisions, and several 
diminutive garra bottles hung down by their sides. 
In short, they were real Manga warriors, though they 
certainly did not inspire us with all the confidence 
which we should have wished to repose in a guide. 
However, having made them promise in the presence 
of the governor's servant, who professed to know 
them well, that they would accompany me to Bundi, I 
started with them. 
Having lost the finest hours of the morning, I was 
naturally anxious not to waste more time ; and I was 
glad to perceive that the fine eastern breeze, which had 
prevailed for some days, greatly lessened the power 
of the sun. Soon afterwards we met the brother of 
the governor of Mashena, with a troop of twelve 
horsemen, hastening towards the point where the 
memorable campaign of Bokhari was to commence. 
The country was very monotonous, being soon covered 
with a forest of mean growth, uninterrupted by any 
tree of larger size, except the bare dismal-looking 
kuka or monkey bread-tree, and presented evident 
signs of destructive warfare waged throughout it ; we 
passed the former sites of several small towns and 
villages. The soil consisted here of deep white sand. 
After a march of about eight miles, however, the 
vegetation began to assume a different character, the 
ngille or dum-bush first appearing, then a karage or 
