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were few before they saw us, and we had shauri after 
shauri with them. We passed along easily for a few 
days, and then came trouble ; we struck for the Ugarowa, 
and in about a month we reached Usongora Meno, 
where we fought day after day. They are fearful fellows 
and desperate. We lost men every day. Every man 
of ours that was killed was eaten. They were hiding 
behind such thick bushes that we could not see them, 
and their arrows were poisoned. 
“ Then the Arabs held another shauri. Some were 
for returning, for they had lost many men, but Mtaga- 
moyo would not listen. He said that the pagans should 
not drive him away. 
“ Well, the end of the shauri was that we crossed the 
Ugarowa, and went to Ukusu. Wallahi ! the Wakusu 
were worse than those of Usongora Meno, but Mtaga- 
inoyo heard of a country called Unkengeri, where the 
natives were said to be better. We pushed on, and 
arrived at Kima-Kima’s. When we reached- Kima- 
Kima’s, we possessed 290 guns ; we had lost twenty 
guns and any number of slaves on the road. 
“ Kima-Kima, who is on the Lumami, told us about 
the land of the little men, where the ivory was so 
abundant that we might get a tusk for a single cowrie. 
You know, master, that when we Arabs hear of ivory 
being abundant there is no holding us back. Oh ! we 
started instantly, crossed the Lumami, and came to the 
land of the Wakuna. Among the Wakuna, who are big 
men themselves, we saw some six or seven of the dwarfs ; 
the queerest-looking creatures alive, just a yard high, 
with long beards and large heads. 
“ The dwarfs asked us a lot of questions, where we 
came from, where we were going, and what we wanted. 
They seemed to be plucky little devils, though we 
laughed to see them. They told us that in their country 
was so much ivory that we had not enough men to 
carry it, but they were very curious to know what we 
wanted with it. Did we eat it ? ‘No.’ ‘ What then ? ' 
‘ We sell it to other men who make charms of it.’ ‘ Oh ! 
AYhat will you give us if we show the ivory to you ? ’ 
