Ascent of Kilima Njaro. 4 1 3 
alarm of war ; the people again flew to arms, and for 
awhile all was tumult and dismay. It proved to be 
a false alarm. Such is the chronic state of disorder 
in this country, that the least thing disturbs it. Liable 
to be attacked at any moment, the natives live in 
almost constant expectation of it ; it is their element ; 
and I suppose they hardly know what it is to enjoy 
perfect security. 
On the following morning the mange came, bringing 
with him five strangers from Arusha wa Ju, who had 
come upon a visit to him. He had been showing 
them some of the things I had given him, when, 
almost stupefied with wonder, they declared I must 
be a great sorcerer, and desired to be conducted to 
me. Mandara favoured the notion that I was a 
sorcerer. I objected to this, and begged the chief to 
tell them that I was nothing of the kind, but just such 
another mortal as themselves. " It won't do/' replied 
he ; we must adopt some method of frightening 
these blockheads." 
The Arusha wa Ju are allies of Mandara s, and 
accompany him in most of his marauding expeditions. 
The present specimens were rather fine-looking men, 
in appearance more resembling the Wakuavi and 
Masai than the Wataveta. Long faces, ample fore- 
heads, long, aquiHne noses, well-chiselled lips, pointed 
and prominent chins, were their chief characteristics. 
Three out of the five were tall, muscular men, of 
rather imposing appearance. 
In their "get up" they were decidedly Wakuavi. 
Their twisted wool hung in long strings over their 
shorn foreheads and down their backs. The lobes of 
their ears were stretched as described of the Wataveta, 
