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Moche. He explained that it would be useless for us 
to go to-day, as Mandara's men had brought inform- 
ation that that chief intended to make a raid upon 
Kirua on this very day. The Wachaga were by-and- 
by introduced to us, and confirmed this intelligence. 
We therefore resolved to remain at Taveta for another 
day. The Wachaga, finding that we were intending 
to visit their country, gave us a great deal of their 
society. They were a pair of quiet, civil little men, but 
without much else to recommend them to the notice 
of strangers. I was disappointed in them. They did 
not come up to my preconceived ideas of what the 
Wachaga were. But they saluted me in the most re- 
spectful manner, were very quiet and unassuming in 
their behaviour, and we became friends at once. They 
answered all our questions without the least reserve. 
They spoke of Mandara in the highest terms, but 
it was evident that they feared as well as respected 
him. 
