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could not he ? Was the Galla chief made of such 
tender stuff! We further enquired of Buiya about the 
daus it was said he had been sent up the stream to 
fetch. He did not explain. That story then was all 
a farce. 
Sunday J 13/^.- — Hirebaya brought his sororo him- 
self this morning, accompanied by Taki Galgalo, one 
of the men that met us at Malinde. Taki, it was pre- 
tended, had come directly from Ganda and Mara 
Barowat, and had been sent by the chief to assure us 
that he was on his way to us, and as a guarantee that 
he would be with us on the morrow. Never did I feel 
so fully the truth of the common adage, " To-morrow 
never comes/' 
The companionship of Taki kept .Hirebaya mar- 
vellously in countenance. Was this another ruse ? 
The statement they made was the same story as that 
which had already been related, only with greater 
assurance, Had not Taki come from Ganda,^ yea, 
from the chief ? " We could not deny it. 
'*Yes," said Hirebaya; "here is Taki, and he will 
confirm all I say; nay, he has been sent to explain 
matters himself." But Taki was silent. Hirebaya 
went on, " The chief is coming, he is on his way. 
The great misfortune is there is so much water, the 
chief finds it difficult to press his way through it, and 
he is tired. He is bringing with him three cows, as a 
present to the Dunga, his friends. This increases the 
difficulty." The promise of these cows was in their 
estimation a fine salve for our wounds.' 
We expressed our extreme displeasure, showed them 
what their to-morrow had hitherto been, and declared 
it to be impossible that we should listen to such 
