436 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
material. Of their personal charms the less said the 
better. Most of them looked scared. One of them, 
being in what is termed in civilized society an in- 
teresting condition/' had hitherto refused to see me, 
as she was afraid of the shock such a sight might 
give her ; but she now bore the hideous spectacle 
with tolerable equanimity, only once or twice gasping 
for breath. I did not remain with them more than a 
minute or two. Bidding them farewell, I presented 
them, in accordance with court etiquette, with a few 
beads, which they accepted with benign smiles — the 
first they had bestowed upon me. Then creeping out 
into the light of day, I left them to enjoy their 
royalty in their own way. The mange, accompanied 
by some of his wasoro, saw me to the frontier. 
" Now then, mange, ' kua heri.' " " Kua heri," he 
replied. Come back again ; and when you come, 
mind you bring me something 'tunu-tunu'" (some 
fine thing). 
The road till noon was the same as that passed 
over on our way to Moche, over elevated ground round 
Kirua, leaving to our right, at a distance of about an 
hour's walk from each other, two high, cone-shaped 
hills, being, however, relatively not more than good- 
sized bunions upon Kilima Njaro's great toe, the 
great toe being Kirua itself. Rounding this spur, 
we turned northwards toward Marango. Night was 
creeping on apace when we came to a deep trench 
which divides Marango from the wilderness. There 
being no bridge over it, we descended it, made our 
way along the bottom for some distance; but ascend- 
ing the other side, we soon after got inextricably 
entangled in a close thicket of thorns. There was no 
