To Expedite Matters (7th), As Our Daily Consumption In Camp Was A
Tax Of Itself, I Gave These Tormenting Creatures
One wire, one
pretty cloth, and five hundred necklaces of white beads, which
were no sooner accepted than Karambule, in
The same way as Sirhid
had done, said it would be greatly to my advantage if I gave him
something worth having before he saw the Mkama. Only too glad to
being work I gave him a red blanket, called joho, and five
strings of mzizima beads, which were equal to fifty of the common
white.
8th and 9th. - All this time nothing but confusion reigned in
camp, khambi fighting against khambi. Both men and women got
drunk, whilst from outside we were tormented by the Wasui, both
men and women pertinaciously pressing into our hut, watching us
eat, and begging in the most shameless manner. They did not know
the word bakhshish, or present; but, as bad as the Egyptians,
they held our their hands, patted their bellies, and said
Kaniwani (my friend) until we were sick of the sound of that
word. Still it was impossible to dislike these simple creatures
altogether, they were such perfect children. If we threw water
at them to drive them away, they came back again, thinking it
fun.
Ten days now had elapsed since we came here, still nothing was
done (10th), as Karambule said, because Suwarora had been so
fully occupied collecting an army to punish an officer who had
refused to pay his taxes, had ignored his authority, and had set
himself us as king of the district he was appointed to
superintend.
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