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“ Here, Magassa,” cried the Emperor, and the accom- 
plished courtier fell at his feet to the ground to hear his 
command. “ Haste, Magassa, take men and eat up 
Pokino’s land and name, for old Pokino has forgotten me.” 
“ Twiyanzi, yanzi ! ” he cried and moaned, “ Twi- 
yanzi, yanzi, yanzi ! ” each time more emphatic, and 
rubbing his cheeks in the dust ; and then, springing to 
his feet, he seized his spear, and, holding it aloft, as if 
in the act of launching it, he proclaimed aloud, “ By the 
Emperor’s orders, I go to eat up Pokino. I will eat him 
clean out of land and name, and Magassa shall become 
Pokino. Emperor, behold me ! ” and again he fell to 
the ground, screaming his thankful Twiyanzis, and 
loyally abasing himself in the dust. 
After the levee was over, Magassa, eager to change 
WANGWANA HUTS. 
his name for Pokino’s, beat his war-drum, unfolded his 
banner, and mustered his followers, and, like the fell 
leopard, pounced upon purblind Pokino, whom he quickly 
deprived of life, land, and name, and in place of their 
former owner became their master. But with even old 
Pokino’s vast estates and large possessions the young 
Pokino was apparently discontented. Shortly after- 
wards the Emperor commanded him to “ eat up ” 
Namujurilwa, the Achilles of Uganda, and it is to young 
Pokino’s thirst for power and riches that Majwara, an 
infant son of that great chief, became a slave to Njara 
of Unyanyembe, from whom I purchased his freedom in 
1871. I afterwards sent him to Livingstone, to whom 
young Majwara ministered faithful service until that 
great traveller’s death. 
