414 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
and they wore similar ornaments. Their only clothing 
was a small cape made of three central pieces of the 
skins of new-born calves, neatly sewn together into 
one square piece, and nicely bound round the edges. 
It answers no purpose but that of ornament, except 
that it may keep the shoulders warm, decency being 
not at all thought of. 
In the afternoon we proceeded to the court with 
the few additional presents we had for the chief. He 
was again pombe-drinking, and received us very 
churlishly. The articles were laid at his feet, but he 
scarcely deigned to look at them. He was in a de- 
cidedly bad temper. After sitting some time without 
uttering a word, he said he wished to take counsel 
with his people, and intimated that it was his royal 
will that we should leave him. I thought to have 
delighted him, and to have put him into such good 
temper as to warrant my proposing a second trip up 
the mountain ; but I was disappointed, and returned 
to my tent greatly annoyed. After awhile one of his 
myrmidons came to feel my pulse. He asked what 
the mange had said to me, good or ill. I felt at once 
that the man had been sent to ascertain how I brooked 
the chief's treatment, and was therefore prepared with 
an answer : Don't talk to me," I said sharply, about 
your mange ; I am weary of him." Without another 
word the man took his departure. Towards the close 
of the day the guide came to tell me that Mandara 
was displeased with my having cut my initials on a 
tree without asking his permission to do it ! 
The next morning Tofiki told me that he had been 
sent for by the mange, whom he found in a great 
rage, furiously storming and foaming at the mouth. 
