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






 -   Rumanika, it appeared, as I always had
heard, considered old Musa his saviour, for having eight years
before quelled a - Page 262
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Rumanika, It Appeared, As I Always Had Heard, Considered Old Musa His Saviour, For Having Eight Years Before Quelled A Rebellion, When His Younger Brother, Rogero, Aspired To The Throne; Whilst Musa's Honour And Honesty Were Quite Unimpeachable.

But more of this hereafter.

Khonze, the next place, lying in the bending concave of this swamp lake, and facing Hangiro, was commanded by a fine elderly man called Muzegi, who was chief officer during Dagara's time. He told me with the greatest possible gravity, that he remembered well the time when a boat could have gone from this to Vigura; as also when fish and crocodiles came up from the Kitangule; but the old king no sooner died than the waters dried up; which showed as plainly as words could tell, that the king had designed it, to make men remember him with sorrow in all future ages. Our presents after this having been exchanged, the good old man, at my desire, explained the position of all the surrounding countries, in his own peculiar manner, by laying a long stick on the ground pointing due north and south, to which he attached shorter ones pointing to the centre of each distant country. He thus assisted me in the protractions of the map, to the countries which lie east and west of the route.

Shortly after starting this morning, we were summoned by the last officer on the Urigi to take breakfast with him, as he could not allow us to pass by without paying his respects to the king's guests.

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