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He asked to look at tlie picture, and talked a great 
deal about it to my driver, who told me the prince saw 
a likeness to some one in it; and when lie heard that 
the lady it represented had long been dead, he said : 
“ Oh, you white men are fortunate; your art is so 
great that you can still see those who are gone : your 
hearts need never be sad.” No civilised person could 
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have expressed himself with more tact. My visitor 
took leave at five o’clock, with all the politeness of a 
chivalrous knight; and as he mounted his horse he 
saluted me with the well-known expression, “Hamba 
gushli ”—Go in peace. 
Mohr had to return to Tati, but after various delays 
he at last was able to start for the Zambesi. On his 
way he came upon some small lakes frequented by 
