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man was a genius, knew everything, and was remark- 
ably polite and sociable, and the Kabaka was said to 
have “ rubbed his hands as though he had just come 
into the possession of a treasure.” 
The fruits of the favourable verdict passed upon 
myself and merits were seen presently in fourteen fat 
oxen, sixteen goats and sheep, a hundred bunches of 
bananas, three dozen fowls, four wooden jars of milk, 
four baskets of sweet potatoes, fifty ears of green Indian 
corn, a basket of rice, twenty fresh eggs, and ten pots of 
maramba wine. Kauta, Mtesa’s steward or butler, at 
the head of the drovers and bearers of these various 
provisions, fell on his knees before me and said 
“ The Kabaka sends salaams unto his friend who has 
travelled so far to see him. The Kabaka cannot see the 
face of his friend until he has 
eaten and is satisfied. The 
Kabaka has sent his slave with 
these few things to his friend 
that he may eat, and at the 
ninth hour, after his friend has 
rested, the Kabaka will send and 
call for him to appear at the 
burzah. I have spoken. Twi- 
yanzi-yanzi-yanzi ! ” 
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
TUB KINANDA AND WHISTLE. 
I replied suitably, though my politeness was not so 
excessive as to induce me to kneel before the courtly 
butler and thank him for permission to say I thanked 
him. 
My boat’s crew were amazed at this imperial bounty, 
which provided more than a bullock apiece for each 
member of my following. Saramba, the mop-headed 
guide from Usukuma, was requested to say what he 
thought of the Kabaka, who gave bullocks and goats in 
proportion as the Usukuma chief gave potatoes to his 
guests. Saramba’s wits were all this time under a 
cloud. lie was still dressed in the primitive goatskin 
of his country, as greasy and dingy as a whaling cook’s 
pan-cloth — the greasiest thing I ever saw. lie was 
stared at, jeered, and flouted by the courtly, cleanly 
