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who guard the stockade. This evening the mange 
with a drinking party took possession of it, and they 
drank until they grew crazy. They made the country 
resound again with their tumultuous mirth. Such 
shouting, bellowing, growling, groaning, shrieking — 
. it was intolerable, I implored them to go farther 
away, but they were too drunk to listen to. any 
reasonable request They continued their riot till 
long past midnight. Some of Mandara s men, who 
were of the party, sung a song in praise of their chief, 
likening him to Kibo, the chorus of the piece being a 
warning to Mlavi : — 
' " Mlavi, do the right, 
Mandara's like Kibd ; 
Do wrong — he^ll rise above you 
Like the great Kibd.'' 
We left Mamba on the 4th. The mange came 
v/ith his ladies to bid me good-bye, all taking leave 
of me in a very friendly way, and expressing a hope 
that I should return to their country. 
Hence for some distance the country was a succes- 
sion of hills and dales, in some places cultivated, in 
others not. Some of the plantations were large, but 
had been lately deserted on account of the raids of 
Mandara, and the plantains were ripening to no pur- 
pose. 
Reaching Msai at noon, we had to wait a couple of 
hours before the chief made his appearance. His 
name is Jasim.ba. He is a young man of about 
twenty-five years of age. A round, full, pudding-face 
gives him a very boyish appearance, while a snub 
nose and dull, though large eyes, give to it an expres- 
