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Ki-pare, Ki-swahili, a little Arabic, and Masai. The 
latter language they were quite versed in, and for some 
hours I sat down with my note-book adding consider¬ 
ably to the information I had already amassed. 
The upper classes in Gonja, and especially those 
connected with the family of the chief Semboja, look 
like Arabs in their complexion and physiognomy. 
They have, however, woolly hair. I questioned them 
as to their origin, but they did not acknowledge Arab 
intermixture; nevertheless, they are evidently a cross 
breed, though the intermixture may be and probably 
is ancient. They are the outpost of—may I call it 
civilization P—and Mohammedanism in this part of 
Africa. Here one’s life is quite safe ; here no presents 
are asked for, and here money is taken and understood. 
How curious is the spread of the influence of a 
strong government! Since the days that India has 
been well governed under British rule, her commerce 
and her currency have begun to extend themselves 
widely over Eastern Africa, from Somali-land to Natal, 
and here in the market-place of Gonja, nearly a hun¬ 
dred miles from the coast, you will And the people 
talking of pice, annas, and rupees, and see the image 
and superscription of her Majesty the Empress of India 
circulating freely among the various tribes who come 
hither to trade. 
