The Discovery of The Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke  






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On packing up to leave Ghiya's, all the men of the village shut
the bars of the entrance, wishing to - Page 164
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On Packing Up To Leave Ghiya's, All The Men Of The Village Shut The Bars Of The Entrance, Wishing To Extract Some Cloths From Me, As I Had Not Given Enough, They Said, To Their Chief.

They soon, however, saw that we, being inside their own fort, had the best of it, and they gave way.

We then pushed on to Ungurue's, another chief of the same district. Here the men and women of the place came crowding to see me, the fair sex all playfully offering themselves for wives, and wishing to know which I admired most. They were so importunate, after a time, that I was not sorry to hear an attack was made on their cattle because a man of the village would not pay his dowry-money to his father- in-law, and this set everybody flying out to the scene of action.

After this, as Bombay brought up the last of my skulking men, I bade him good-bye again, and made an afternoon-march on to Takina, in the district of Msalala, which we no sooner approached than all the inhabitants turned out and fired their arrows at us. They did no harm, however, excepting to create a slight alarm, which some neighbouring villagers took advantage of to run of with two of my cows. To be returned to them, but called in vain, as the scoundrels said, "Findings are keepings, by the laws of our country; and as we found your cows, so we will keep them." For my part I was glad they were gone, as the Wanguana never yet kept anything I put under their charge; so, instead of allowing them to make a fuss the next morning, I marched straight on for M'ynoga's, the chief of the district, who was famed for his infamy and great extortions, having pushed his exactions so far as to close the road.

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