- After Spending The Night As Mahamed's Guest, I Strolled
Round The Place To See What It Was Like, And Found The Turks Were
All Married To The Women Of The Country, Whom They Had Dressed In
Clothes And Beads.
Their children were many, with a prospect of
more.
Temporary marriages, however, were more common than
others - as, in addition to their slaves, they hired the
daughters of the villagers, who remained with them whilst they
were trading here, but went back to their parents when they
marched to Gondokoro. They had also many hundreds of cattle,
which it was said they had plundered from the natives, and now
used for food, or to exchange for ivory, or other purposes. The
scenery and situation were perfect for health and beauty. The
settlement lay at the foot of small, well-wooded granitic hills,
even prettier than the outcrops of Unyamuezi, and was intersected
by clear streams.
At noon, all the rear troops arrived with Bombay and Piejoko in
person. This good creature had treated Bombay very handsomely on
his former journey. He said he felt greatly disappointed at my
pushing past him yesterday, as he wished to give me a cow, but
still hoped I would go over and make friends with him. I gave
him some beads and off he walked. Old Chongi's "children," who
had escorted us all the way from Kamrasi's, then took some beads
and cast-off clothes for themselves and their father, and left us
in good-humour.
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