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THE KILIMA-NJARO EXPEDITION. 
CHAPTER X. 
A TEIP TO TAVEITA. 
Throughout this period of anxiety, so monotonously 
related in the last chapter, I had held to one fixed 
resolve, to quit Mosi when Kiongwe returned. Man¬ 
dara’s hostility had nothing to do witli it. I never 
looked upon that as any real obstacle in my path. It 
was rather that Mandara, whether friendly or other¬ 
wise, was comparatively powerless to aid me in my 
ascent of the higher regions of Kilimanjaro, just as he 
would have been powerless to prevent it liad I esta¬ 
blished myself with his enemies. The upper road to 
the snow-peaks lay in the bands of the hostile league 
of Kiboso, Kirua, and Maranu, who blockaded the 
western, northern, and eastern frontiers of Mosi. All 
Mandara’s power lay to the south. He was intimately 
allied with the Masai of Kisongo and Arusa, and they 
aided him in keeping open his southern border. This 
very fact, however, had to enter into my calculations. 
Mandara was very potent with the Masai; they paid 
him constant consultative visits. On one occasion, 
when he was in a good humour, he sent for me and 
introduced me to his robber allies, telling them he wished 
that they should see my face, and know it as one of his 
greatest friends, who must never be assaulted. 
In all my rambles to and fro between Mosi and 
