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Sultan had summoned all the leading men of the kingdom to 
his residence. Many approached us and fell in at our van. 
When acquaintances met, they greeted one another by putting 
their arms lightly round each other’s waist or seizing each other’s 
elbows. They remained in this position for a few moments. 
“ Amashoy' one would then say (“I wish you cattle”). “ Amasho 
ngurrcy replied the other (“I wish you women”). It can, there¬ 
fore, easily be understood that expectation became more eager 
daily in our caravan; everyone looked forward to some remark¬ 
able and memorable incidents and was impatient for the moment 
when he should be able to see the man whose name was a 
household word in Ruanda, whose word was law, and by whose 
sovereign will everyone in the whole wide realm of Ruanda 
existed. 
At length we reached the high-lying residence. Hundreds of 
Watussi advanced in front, increasing the already imposing 
dimensions of our caravan. A few high-born subjects were 
escorted by a number of carriers, bearing on their heads large 
baskets containing apparel and necessaries of life for the 
“ Master.” Others even led a cow along with them, in order that 
a supply of fresh milk should be forthcoming. 
Shortly before our entry into the residence we had the 
pleasure of meeting and greeting Captain von Grawert, who had 
not shirked the long journey from Usumbura, and had already 
been camping with the Sultan for some days. Our arrival was 
watched from a distance, from the hill summits and elevated * 
spots, by thousands of people, quiet in demeanour. No loud noise 
and clamour, no crushing throngs, as had been usual elsewhere, 
signalled our entrance. The behaviour of the people compared 
most favourably with that of their kindred on the coast. 
The intense eagerness with which the inhabitants of Niansa 
watched us, however, had also a special reason. The imagina¬ 
tion of the people had been strongly stirred by the display of 
power which had been made, and which must particularly have 
been associated with my own personality. The immense supplies 
of provisions, the vast herds of cattle, which formed the presents 
