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the cultivated grounds, having short legs, and his 
three toes almost of equal length. 
The people were generally civil and hospitable, send- 
ing us small presents of their produce — plantain, or 
perhaps a goat ; but they did not relish our passing 
through their country, and they gave up their houses 
with great reluctance. This was no wonder, for our 
Unyoro escort plundered wildly like the Waganda, 
and escaped capture by running away. On one occa- 
sion they cunningly got up an alarm in camp, and took 
the opportunity, when the inhabitants were in a state of 
fright, to seize their property. But in districts where 
the population was numerous, all turned out to look at 
us, rejoicing most heartily, leading the way in a crowd, 
shouting and saluting. Some of our men became so 
drunk from their good wine, taken while resting in the 
middle of a march, that the natives tried, by applica- 
tions of water, to bring them to their senses. They 
actually wished to carry one man, and never attempted 
to rob him of his clothes or gun, which he kept bran- 
dishing about. We were addressed indiscriminately 
as Wazoongo (white men), M'kama (sultan), Nyans- 
wengeh, and Witchwezee. Those who knew us best 
used the two former titles, while others spoke of us as 
Nyans-wengeh, meaning, probably, strangers, sailors, 
or Nyanza men. 
The women wore a sort of double kilt, as if a short 
one had been put over a long one. Some had tight- 
fitting leggings of iron beads, as bright as steel, and 
very becoming on their fine limbs. The quantity of 
brass wire round some of their arms surprised me. It 
seems that their husbands take ivory to the mart of 
Karague, and exchange it with the Wazeenja or people 
