8o Wanderings in Eastern Africa, 
they call " Ndaro." They were armed with bows and 
arrows, some with short swords, some with bill-hooks, 
and others with clubs. In a moment they completely 
surrounded us, continuing their song, flourishing their 
^ weapons, and leaping about like madmen. It was an 
exhibition of sheer barbarism. And this was to 
welcome us ! After a while we were led into the kaya ; 
the party still yelling and shouting and carrying on 
their dance, not ceasing the tumult till near midnight. 
In the meantime we had been shown into a hut, where 
we made ourselves as comfortable as circumstances 
would admit of. On the following day we met the 
" wase " (elders). They exhibited the same character- 
istics as all the others had done before them ; the same 
indifference, obtuseness, caution, cunning, and mock- 
courtesy. They listened to all we said without mani- 
festing the slightest interest in it, or comprehending it 
in the least ; yet there was the same feigned assent 
and consent to all our proposals, terminating with the 
same unmeaning invitation to take up our abode with 
them, and accept at their hands the country and all 
it contained. 
In the morning we found time to examine the 
kaya, which is very similar to that of Chogni, but 
not so large. At the bottom of the hill on which it is 
built flows a beautifully clear stream, the Mangudo of 
the Wageriama, and the Uvui of the Wataita, which 
flows from Bura, and enters the creek of Kilife. 
Kauma has another kaya, called Kaya Ribe, of 
the same character as this, but smaller. 
When we announced our intention to leave Kauma 
at noon ; " What," shouted the old men, do you 
intend to break our hearts and to kill us outright, that 
