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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Ulimengo, A Strong Stalwart Fellow Of Thirty, Was The Maddest And
Most Hare-Brained Of My Party.
Though an arrant coward, he was a
consummate boaster.
But though a devotee of pleasure and fun, he
was not averse from work. With one hundred men such as he, I could
travel through Africa provided there was no fighting to do. It
will be remembered that he was the martial coryphaeus who led my
little army to war against Mirambo, chanting the battle-song of
the Wangwana; and that I stated, that when the retreat was determined
upon, he was the first of my party to reach the stronghold of Mfuto.
He is a swift runner, and a fair hunter. I have been indebted to
him on several occasions for a welcome addition to my larder.
Ferajji, a former dish-washer to Speke, was my cook. He was
promoted to this office upon the defection of Bunder Salaam, and
the extreme non-fitness of Abdul Kader. For cleaning dishes, the
first corn-cob, green twig, a bunch of leaves or grass, answered
Ferajji's purposes in the absence of a cloth. If I ordered a
plate, and I pointed out a black, greasy, sooty thumbmark to him,
a rub of a finger Ferajji thought sufficient to remove all
objections. If I hinted that a spoon was rather dirty, Ferajji
fancied that with a little saliva, and a rub of his loin cloth, the
most fastidious ought to be satisfied. Every pound of meat, and
every three spoonfuls of musk or porridge I ate in Africa,
contained at least ten grains of sand.
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