He Then Retired
To His Original Position, And The Marriage Ceremony Was Supposed
To Be Concluded, And The Settlements Adjusted, When All Went On
As Before.
The pictures were again looked at, and again admired, when we
asked for a private interview on business, and drew the king
outside.
I then begged he would allow me, whilst his men were
absent at Unyoro, to go to the Masai country, and see the Salt
Lake at the north-east corner of the N'yanza, and to lend me some
of his boats for Grant to fetch powder and beads from Karague.
This important arrangement being conceded by the king more
promptly than we expected, a cow, plantains, and pombe were
requested; but the cow only was given, though our men were said
to be feeding on grass. Taking the king, as it appeared, in a
good humour, to show him the abuses arising from the system of
allowing his guests to help themselves by force upon the
highways, I reported the late seizures made of thirty cows and
twelve slaves by the Wanyambo; but, though surprised to hear the
news, he merely remarked that there were indeed a great number of
visitors in Uganda. During this one day we heard the sad voice
of no less than four women, dragged from the palace to the
slaughter-house.
19th. - To follow up our success in the marching question and keep
the king to his promise, I called at his palace, but found he had
gone out shooting.
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