I Begged, However, He Would Go
As Fast As Possible To Announce My Arrival, Explain My Motive For
Coming Here, And Ask For An Early Interview, As I Had Left My
Brother Grant Behind At Karague, And Found My Position, For Want
Of A Friend To Talk To, Almost Intolerable.
It was not the
custom of my country for great men to consort with servants, and
until I saw him, and made friends, I should not be happy.
I had
a great deal to tell him about, as he was the father of the Nile,
which river drained the N'yanza down to my country to the
northward. With this message N'yamgundu hurried off as fast as
possible.
Next day (15th) I gave each of my men a fez cap, and a piece of
red blanket to make up military jackets. I then instructed them
how to form a guard of honour when I went to the palace, and
taught Bombay the way Nazirs was presented at courts in India.
Altogether we made a good show. When this was concluded I went
with Nasib up a hill, from which we could see the lake on one
side, and on the other a large range of huts said to belong to
the king's uncle, the second of the late king Sunna's brothers,
who was not burnt to death when he ascended the throne.
I then (16th) very much wished to go and see the escape of the
Mwerango river, as I still felt a little sceptical as to its
origin, whether or not it came off those smaller lakes I had seen
on the road the day before I crossed the river; but no one would
listen to my project.
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