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him, lie must “ give ” ; he has watches, give ” ; he has 
various trifles of value, such as a gold pencil-case, or a 
ring, “ give ” ; he wears good clothes, “ give ” ; he has 
beads, cloth, wire, “ give, give, give ” ; and so “ give ” 
to his utter beggary and poverty. If he does not give 
with the liberality of a “ Speki ” or a “ Standee,” who 
will henceforth be quoted to his confusion and shame, 
there will be found other ways to rid him of his super- 
fluities. His men will be found unfaithful, and will 
desert, attracted by the rewards of Mtesa and glowing 
descriptions of his liberality, and one day, when he is 
about to congratulate himself that he is more fortunate 
than others, he will find himself suddenly bereft of half 
or three-fourths of his entire stock of goods. If the 
traveller states that he is acquainted with a few arts, he 
is expected to prove his words to the loss of his time 
and patience, and the waste of many precious months ; 
even then what little he has been able to do with such 
lazy knaves as the Waganda will prove insufficient, and 
he also, by craft, will be relieved of a few guns and 
bales. 
From these exactions only the resident missionary 
would be exempt, because he will be able to make ample 
•amends for all deficiencies by staying to teach and 
preach, and he in time would, in reality, be the Emperor. 
To him Mtesa would bend with all the docility of a 
submissive child, and look up with reverence and affec- 
tion. The peculiar wayward, petulant, inconsistent 
nature would become moulded anew, or be re-born to 
be presented henceforth to European travellers in an 
amiable, nay loveable, aspect. Mtesa is the most in- 
teresting man in Africa, and one well worthy of our 
largest sympathies ; and I repeat that through him only 
can Central Africa be Christianized and civilized. 
It will be observed that I have styled Mtesa “ Em- 
peror ” of Uganda, and not king, like my predecessors 
Speke and Grant. But my readers may remember 
that it has been mentioned in the brief sketch of 
the Premier given above that all the Waganda, from 
the Emperor to the peasant, change their titles and 
