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In the evening the guide came, charged by the 
chief to tell me that he wished to send an embassy to 
the Queen of England ! But he did not know what 
presents to make to Her Majesty. Would a few tusks 
of ivory do ? if so, he would gladly send them. He had 
already despatched ambassadors with such a present 
to Sayid Majid, the Sultan of Zanzibar. Would I 
take charge of an embassy to Victoria 1 
Sadi was much excited about this matter. He 
evidently thought that it would greatly please me, 
and was much disappointed when I listened to the 
proposal with utter indifference. 
The mange spent nearly the whole of the next 
day (the loth) in my tent, but nothing of any par- 
ticular interest transpired. In the evening I took a 
walk, when I obtained one of the finest views of 
Kilima Njaro I had during the whole of my stay in 
the country. At first the dome only was to be seen, 
the peak being involved in clouds. But just as I was 
turning away, one of my men exclaimed, " There it is! 
there it is !" when, through a break in the snowy 
cumuli, a dark rocky mass was disclosed, only for a 
moment however, for almost immediately other clouds 
rolled themselves into the breach, and all was hidden 
again. Not yet satisfied, I went to another position, 
and was at last gratified. The obscuring clouds dis- 
appeared as if by magic, and all was exposed — dome 
and peak, Kib6 and Kimawenzi, Mke and Mume, 
eastern and western ridges, and middle saddle ; 
indeed, the entire of this side of the mountain, 
as far as my position could command it, appeared 
rising in unrivalled majesty before me. Its general 
aspect I have already described, but this evening there 
