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fortune out of the sale of slaves. Mandara was not loth 
to play the vole of conqueror. He had made friends 
with the Masai and even obtained their assistance, and 
lie therefore proceeded, under the instigations of the 
Arabs, to harry, burn, kill, and enslave his peaceful 
neighbours and countrymen of many little Caga states. 
For some time he carried all before him, and the 
Kilima-njaro market was a famous one for the slave- 
traders of Mombasa. Mandara, and other chiefs whom 
in turn they induced to play the same policy, supplied 
them with slaves at about the cost of two dollars each, 
and though quite fifty per cent, of them died before 
reaching the coast—for these poor mountaineers cannot 
stand the climate of the plains, and perish of fever 
and nostalgia—still the remainder being remarkable 
for their skill in agriculture, fetched a high price 
among the wealthy Mohammedan landowners of Zan¬ 
zibar. At length a reaction took place. The outraged 
Wa-caga formed a league (which is still in force) 
against Mandara in defence of their hearths and homes, 
and in spite of his valorous army and his skilful 
defence, the fortune of war so far turned against him, 
that he was compelled to fly from his country as an 
exile. When this reverse in his fortunes took place 
is not very clear, and Mandara himself is reserved on 
the subject; but it would seem to have been some ten 
years ago. The causes which led to his reinstate¬ 
ment are also left to conjecture ; but I fancy that his 
enemies, content with their revenge, retired from his 
country, and that Mandara, 'with the help of his 
friends, the agricultural Masai of Arusa, was enabled 
to return to Mosi. Since then his martial ardour has 
somewhat cooled, and although he still devotes much 
time and attention to the drill of his army (which con- 
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