HIS CONCEIT. 
1 *5 
other times filled our camp, melted when he was re¬ 
ported to be on his way to pay us a visit. Whenever 
his stock of cattle required replenishing, he and his 
allies would combine in a raid on some wretched tribe 
too weak to offer any opposition. The poor Ughono 
(Ugweno ?) people, who live in the Pari mountains, are 
as a rule the victims ; these unhappy natives, as I have 
before said, seem especially created for the sole purpose 
of enriching their more powerful neighbours. 
Naturally Mandara has not attained to his present 
position without becoming proportionately conceited ; 
he considers himself the greatest man in the world, 
and had the impudence, or naivete , to ask Mr. Fitch 
“if he really thought the German nation could turn 
him out had they a mind to do so ! ” 
The natives are generally of a lighter complexion 
than most of the "YV a-taveta, their colour varying from 
dark to veiy light brown, and they are also of finer 
physique. The dress and adornment is very similar, 
an important difference being that the unmarried girls 
wear a small tassel of beads, about the size of a folded 
pocket-handkerchief, instead of a petticoat. Some of 
the men have good features, and many of the women 
are well-shaped and almost nice-looking. All appeared 
simple-minded though inquisitive, were never trouble¬ 
some, and neither bothered us for presents nor attempted 
to steal. They acted as though they were thoroughly 
well-disposed towards us, but I suspect I might have 
told a different tale had Mandara not received 
cordially as he did. 
us as 
