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had promised him before our departure. Mateebe 
here remarked that Makkabba was a man he did 
not know, meaning that he did not understand 
him. He added, that we left him in a state 
of peace, but had now found him in a state of war; 
for one of his captains, Moeete, residing lower 
down the Krooman River, had had a dance ; that 
when the widow of his father Mallyabang, 
now the wife of Brumella, Mahootoo's brother, 
was going to see the dance, she was beaten by 
this captain, and her cloak torn, an offence 
which he could not overlook ; that this captain 
had fled with all his cattle. He then asked what 
I thought he ought to do ? I told him, he knew 
we did not like to interfere in their transactions, 
only I thought that gentle means, such as per- 
suasion, might probably gain him back, and like- 
wise dispose him to make an apology for what he 
had done to Brumella's wife. He said his father 
was a man who actively punished what was 
wrong, and kept the people together; but his 
overlooking things had led the people to separate 
from him, and this might go on till all had left 
him, one after another ; but now he was resolved 
to imitate his father. " There," said he, " is 
Kossie, the king of the Mashows, though only a 
young man, he keeps all his people under sub- 
jection." 
I mentioned to him the case of the young man 
