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KAMRASI TRIES THE WHISKY. 
[ci-IAP. XV. 
nearly two years, the sudden change from total absti¬ 
nence to a moderate allowance of stimulant produced 
a marvellous effect. Ibrahim and some of his men 
established stills, several became intoxicated, which so 
delighted M’Gambi, who happened to be present, that 
he begged a bottle of spirit from Ibrahim as a sample 
for Kamrasi. It appears that the king got drunk so 
quickly upon the potent spirit, that he had an especial 
desire to repeat the dose—he .called it the maroua 
(cider) of our country, and pronounced it so far superior 
to his own that he determined to establish a factory. 
When I explained to him that it was the produce of 
sweet potatoes, he expressed his great regret that he 
had never sufficiently appreciated their value, and he 
expressed a determination to cultivate whole districts. 
Ibrahim was requested to leave one of his men who 
understood the management of a still, to establish and 
undertake the direction of “ King Kamrasi’s Central 
African Unyoro Potatoe-Whisky Company, unlimited.” 
Ibrahim had brought a variety of presents for Kam¬ 
rasi : fifty pounds of beads, a revolver pistol, cotton 
cloths, blue glass tumblers, looking-glasses, &c. These 
donations, added to the pleasure afforded by the defeat 
of his enemies, put his Majesty into excellent humour, 
and he frequently came to visit us. On one occasion 
I gave him the portraits of Speke and Grant: the latter 
he recognised immediately; he could not understand 
the pictures in Punch , declaring that he {Punch) was 
not an Englishman, as he neither resembled me nor 
Speke; but he was exceedingly pleased with the Paris 
fashions in the Illustrated London News , which we 
cut out with a pair of scissors, and gave him as speci¬ 
mens of English ladies in full dress. 
The war being concluded by the total discomfiture 
of his enemies, Kamrasi was determined to destroy all 
those inhabitants of Foweera who had in any way 
connived at the attack of the M’wa. Daily executions 
took place in the summary manner already described, 
