CHAPTER XV. 
LIFE AT KISIGAU. 
AFTER our experiences in the wilderness we were 
glad once more to be among our fellow-men. 
The people with whom we now were were uncouth 
and barbarous in the extreme ; still it was far more 
pleasant and interesting to be with them than to be 
wandering in the wilderness, where there is nothing 
but wild beasts. 
Early on the morning (July 22) after our arrival 
they came down from the mountain, and crowded 
about us in large numbers. " Where is the Muzungu ? 
Ai ! ai ! So that is the Muzungu ! Ai ! ai ! Muzungu ! 
Muzungu ! Muzungu ! Oh my mother ! my mother 
screamed a hundred throats, and the people appeared 
to be going crazy. 
Presently a piece of cloth was unceremoniously 
thrown upon the small box before which I was sitting. 
It was the piece given to the woman yesterday on 
account of the donkey accident. So then the matter 
was not settled ; a " maneno was imminent. It 
came on in due course, and occupied the greater 
portion of the day, but I avoided taking an active part 
in the discussion. The Wataita declared that the 
