How I Found Livingstone Travels, Adventures And Discoveries In Central Africa Including Four Months Residence With Dr. Livingstone By Sir Henry M. Stanley
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He clings to his gun most
affectionately; is always excessively anxious if a screw gets
loose, or if a flint will not strike fire, yet I doubt that he
would be able to fire his gun at an enemy from excessive
trembling.
Khamisi would rather trust his safety to his feet,
which are small, and well shaped.
Ambari is a man of about forty. He is one of the "Faithfuls"
of Speke, and one of my Faithfuls. He would not run away from
me except when in the presence of an enemy, and imminent personal
danger. He is clever in his way, but is not sufficiently clever
to enact the part of captain - could take charge of a small party,
and give a very good account of them. Is lazy, and an admirer of
good living - abhors marching, unless he has nothing to carry but
his gun.
Jumah is the best abused man of the party, because he has
old-womanish ways with him, yet in his old-womanish ways he is
disposed to do the best he can for me, though he will not carry a
pound in weight without groaning terribly at his hard fate. To me
he is sentimental and pathetic; to the unimportant members of the
caravan he is stern and uncompromising. But the truth is, that I
could well dispense with Jumah's presence: he was one of the
incorrigible inutiles, eating far more than he was worth; besides
being an excessively grumbling and querulous fool.
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