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about two miles away in a low valley, and to get to it we
had to cross a deep hollow spanned by a temporary bridge,
the country around being thick bush with a rich black loamy
soil.
Henceforth I had no trouble with the Wanika ; the numbers
which now came daily averaged between forty and eighty,
and I had every reason to be pleased with the results of my
endeavours in this direction.
The following day a M’Toro from Makongeni informed me
that all the people had gone down to Jelori to have their names
registered as free men, as I had advised them to do. But on
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my sending a messenger to Mr. Hooper to inquire about it, he
wrote that not a single M’Toro had yet arrived although the
river had been fordable for days.
I accordingly sent a message to Makongeni to be delivered
to M’Soma in these terms—
“ I have received to-day a letter from Mr. Hooper telling
me that no Watoro have yet come to Jelori, although I understand
the river has been fordable for the last week. My
messenger has orders to tell you that you will be allowed
seven days to go to Jelori to have your names written down.
After that time I shall send to Jelori to ask Mr. Hooper for
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