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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
your answer, that I may send, the messenger. Twiyanzi- 
yanzi-yanzi ! ” (Thanks, thanks, thanks.) 
Whereupon, as the young commander, whose name 
was Magassa, understood Kiswahili, I delivered the news 
to him and to his people freely and frankly ; and after 
I had ended, Magassa 
translated what the in- 
formation was into Ki- 
ganda, and immediately 
the messenger departed. 
Meanwhile Magassa im- 
plored me to rest for this 
one day, that he might 
show me the hospitality 
of his country, and that 
I might enter the Kaba- 
kas presence in good 
humour with him. Per- 
suaded also by my boat’s 
crew to consent, we rowed 
to the village of Kadzi. 
Magassa was in his glory 
STRANGE GRANITE ROCK. 
now. His voice became imperious to his escort of 182 
men ; even the feathers of his curious head-dress waved 
prouder, and his robe had a sweeping dignity worthy 
of a Roman emperor’s. Upon landing, Magassa’s stick 
was employed frequently. The sub-chief of Kadzi was 
compelled to yield implicit obedience to his vice-regal 
behests. 
