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woman was seriously hurt ; that it would be necessary 
to kill, at least, a couple of sheep to make ''medicine" 
for her ; that other expenses would have to be in- 
curred ; and that five doti (twenty yards) of Ameri- 
can! (American sheeting) was the least that they 
could think of taking from the Muzungu. This was 
a serious matter to me, who had no cloth to spare, but 
I could not induce them to yield in the slightest 
degree. I had reason to believe that my guide 
favoured their cause, and I was obliged to pay the 
full amount. 
During the morning I was visited by the chief of 
the place, and he presented me with a rather fine 
goat. I could not refuse it, though I knew it would 
necessitate my giving him ''something handsome" 
in return. This man was introduced to me as Mana 
wa Mauya. He was most insignificant in appear- 
ance, beneath the average of even his own people in 
almost every respect. In person he was small, and 
his figure anything but shapel)^ His broad face, 
high cheek bones, retreating chin, wide mouth, snub 
nose, small smoky eyes, and narrow forehead, made 
up a physiognomy of the most unattractive kind, 
while his countenance looked dull almost to idiocy. 
His chieftainship is merely nominal, but his father 
Mauya was, I believe, a man of influence. This gen- 
tleman possesses none at all. He brought his mother 
and his three wives with him, none of whom were at all 
nice-looking, and the mother was one of the ugliest 
women I ever saw. The ladies made me some small 
presents of maize, flour, pulse, and sugar-cane ; but, of 
course, they expected that I should acknowledge these 
gifts in a very substantial way before I left the place. 
