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He launched all manner of anathemas at the Mzungu. 
" What right had the Mzungu to come into the 
country and do as he pleased ? He (Mandara) would 
not endure it, and the Mzungu must be told so. He 
did not want the Mzungu, nor the Mzungu's book — 
not he. Did the Mzungu think that he was going to 
do as he pleased with the high and mighty Makindara } 
if so, he would be mistaken, etc., etc." The whole of 
this was intended to reach me, and perhaps to bring 
me to terms ; but of such ravings I took no notice. 
I attributed this conduct more to the scheming of 
M. Mbuana and my guide, who wished to get me 
out of the country, than to ill will on the part of 
Mandara himself. 
Ere long the chief made his appearance at the 
camp, looking, as he always did after these exhibi- 
tions, somewhat ashamed of himself. As the day 
advanced he became friendly, conversed freely, and 
asked questions upon every imaginable subject. He 
enquired how long the world had been created. This 
was a hard question ; but I showed him pictures of 
the megatherium, plesiosaurus, pterodactylus, etc., 
telling him that they were representations of animals 
that existed long before man, but that we had no 
traces of human beings of an earlier date than about 
six thousand years ago. His one eye sparkled ; he 
shot out his long tongue to amazing lengths, and 
groaned out his wondering Ai ! " with all his might, 
as he looked at the strange pictures and heard the 
strange story. Leaving these high flights, he asked 
what would become of people who knew nothing of 
the Gospel, etc., which I mention to show the character 
of this young man ; a more inquisitive, and, on the 
