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his shoulders ; otherwise he was in puris 7iaturalibus . 
The bit of cloth he wore was for ornament's sake. 
His wool was twisted in short stiff locks, intended to 
become in time a mop of long strings. It was well 
greased and deeply ruddled. In one ear he wore a 
small leaden drop ; the other bore in its distended 
lobe a coil of thick iron wire, bordered with brass, 
and of about the size and shape of a dice-box. As a 
rule, he wore no other ornaments, but he sometimes 
appeared with other trifles about him. Such is Ma- 
kindara, the chief of Moche, in his outer man. 
I was surprised to find the Wachaga in appearance 
such barbarians. They were all in the condition in 
which the author of "Sartor Resartus" endeavours 
to show up mankind at large. After what I have said 
of the chief in reference to this matter, it will not be 
thought wonderful that the people were no better ; 
for Like priests, like people.'' 
Towards evening I found an opportunity of making 
known the Gospel ; Mandara and his people forming 
a rather large congregation. I spoke in Kisuahili, 
which Mandara comprehends and speaks almost as well 
as if he had been bred at the coast, and many of the 
people also understand a good deal of this language. I 
did my best to exhibit Mercy's grand apocalypse ; " 
but how humiliated I felt at the feebleness of my 
attempt I cannot describe. However, I had an attentive 
and intelligent auditor in the chief, and the people 
seemed to apprehend what I said better than the 
Wataita and Wataveta had done, and for this I felt 
thankful. The chief asked me many questions about 
Muhammadanism, of which he has heard much from 
. the Wasuahili, and I gave my views of it in the most 
