and children.” “ Indeed, great king! then you did not
come to visit us, but to beg, eh ? You shall have nothing,
positively nothing; for we will not have it said the king
did not come to see us, but to beg.” Kamrasi’s face
changed colour; he angrily said, “ Irokh togend” (let us
rise and go), and forthwith walked straight out of the hut.
Frij piped, but no guns fired; and as he asked the reason
why, he was told it would be offensive to say we were
glad he was going. The king was evidently not pleased,
for no pombe came to-day.
C H A P T E R X V I I I .
UNYORO—Continued.
th e c e r em o n ie s o e t h e n e w m o o n — k a m r a s i ’s r u l e a n d
DISCIPLINE— AN EMBASSY EROM UGANDA, AND ITS RESULTS —
THE REBELLIOUS BROTHERS — AN AERICAN SORCERER AND
HIS INCANTATIONS— THE KAMRAVIONA OE ■UNYORO— BURIAL
CUSTOMS— ETHIOPIAN LEGENDS— COMPLICATED DIPLOMACY EOR
OUR DETENTION— PROPOSAL TO SEND PRINCES TO ENGLAND —
. WE GET AWAY.
2Gi/i.—Wj? found that the palace was shut up in consequence
of the new moon, seen for the first time last evening
; and incessant drumming was the order of the day.
Still, private interviews might be granted, and I sent to
inquire after the state of the king’s health. The reply
was, that the medicine had not been taken, and the king
was very angry because nothing was given him when he
took the trouble to call on us. He never called at a big
man’s house and left it mwiko (empty-handed) before; if
there was nothing else to dispose of, could Bana not have
given him a bag of beads ?
To save us from this kind of incessant annoyance, I
now thought it would be our best policy to mount the
high horse and bully him. Accordingly, we tied up a bag
of the commonest mixed beads, added the king’s chronometer,
and sent them to Kamrasi with a violent message
that we were thoroughly disgusted with all that had