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to go into the district to see some patients ; and now 
I must bid you adieu." The previous night he had 
sent us a message that some handsome cloths would 
be acceptable if we would have the kindness to present 
them. We did so, and in return he gave us two goats, 
and we saw no more of him. 
The brother of the sirhidge, a more morose person, 
now came into the field, and said, " Before I can even 
broach the subject of your arrival here to his highness 
the M'kama (sultan), I expect a present;" and so the 
treaty dragged its length for several days, till officers 
appeared in camp pronouncing the demand, with little 
sticks to represent each article. About five men's 
loads of copper were paid and carried away for the 
chief by our men. Although the tax was heavy, it 
was conducted in a gentlemanly, quiet way, and much 
quicker than we had expected, on account, it was said, 
of their fear to detain magicians longer in the country. 
The last extortion was, that guides must escort us to 
the frontier, and they had to be paid a load of copper 
between them. 
The people of the country, generally called Wan- 
yambo, dress in nothing but goat-skins, the length and 
shape of the tails of a shooting-coat, without pockets 
or buttons; a thong of leather ties this smartly round 
the waist, right side uppermost, and is slackened on 
sitting down ; this forms their entire costume. With 
a variously-shaped spear or a bow and arrow (some- 
times poisoned), they looked very active, slim fellows, 
having a far greater air about them than the Wezee. 
A tuft of wool is often left on their crowns ; some- 
times the teeth are entire, or the two upper incisors 
filed inside, but none are ever extracted. Some of the 
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