We 'go to Ganda. 
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Barowat, chief of the Gallas ! In a few minutes we were 
called ; we entered the wonderful place ; were taken 
into one of the huts, and were solemnly told : This 
is the hut of no less a personage than Mara Barowat 
himself! " It was one of the most fragile of even Galla 
huts, the thatch being simply thrown on, and of no 
earthly use except as a shade. It was light, open, 
and airy enough, even to please us. Thus we were 
in a kind of cage, around which old men and women, 
young men and maidens, little boys and girls crowded, 
and into which they peeped, to catch a sight of the 
prodigy that had come to visit them from foreign 
shores. 
Aba Rufat brought and served out to us a sororo 
of milk-and-water, and afterwards a very small one of 
pure milk, apologizing for not treating us better by 
saying that the cattle were away at a distance too 
great for obtaining more at once. We were not in- 
vited to stay in the place, and as to conversation with 
the chief, it was stated that he would go down with 
us to the boats, see, talk with, and take his leave of us 
there. We remained about two hours, conversing with 
the people ; then distributing some beads among the 
women, we took our leave. 
Ganda proper is the home of the chief, but the 
name may be applied, in a general way, to all the 
hamlets, villages, and towns in the country. The 
present village could not have contained more than 
three hundred people. A little beyond are two other 
similar settlements, and the three are called respec- 
tively Gubisa, Minijila, and Tulu. 
We were conducted to the margin of the lake by 
Bolio, Ijema, and others. Arrived, we sat down to 
