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animal you want. But I have not his scruples ; 
come to me, therefore, and I will give you the lamb. 
Now what else have you to say V 
As no demur was made, the matter was settled, and I 
was forthwith led to the village in triumph. It is of the 
ordinary Kinika character, and is called Muandoni, the 
head man and my host rejoicing in the singular appella- 
tion of Abe MlongOjthe ''father of a liar," or the ''father 
of mud." Led to the most shady corner the village 
possessed, we camped. The people crowded about us 
in large numbers, making all manner of complimentary 
remarks upon the wonderful animal that had come 
amongst them. I found it impossible to introduce the 
Gospel at once, but in the end I succeeded in gaining 
a hearing. An old Mkamba, especially, was anxious 
to see and hear all he could. He said, as the people 
had exclaimed yesterday, "This is Mulungu," which 
gave me an opportunity of explaining who I really 
was, and why I was found amongst them. But the 
Mkamba could not believe that I was in search of 
nothing more than people to whom I might preach the 
Gospel, and he gravely brought me, as he thought, to 
the touchstone. Making a great effort to command 
his features, he said, in a careless, indifferent way, " I 
say, Mzungu, you are a great man, and I should like 
to do you some honour. I have an ivory tusk at home, 
and I wish to make you a present of it." The old 
man's craft was too shallow not to be easily seen 
through, and I could only assure him that I really did 
not want his, but him ; that I wished to do him and 
the rest of the people a good which could not be pur- 
chased with money ; that I had brought to them the 
gift of God. 
