Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu . AN INTERESTING RECEPTION. 55 and followed by about sixty of my boys, clad in cleanwhite tobes, or cloaks, with turbans on their heads, andtheir bodies well smeared with ghee. After them canie thelong train of camels, sheep, and goats, and a motley crowdof natives bringing up the rear. By the gateway beforedescribed there were grouped some three hundred natives,with their chiefs, ready to receive us. The whole affair. WOMEN OF SHEIKH by F. Gillett. had atouch of religious mystery about it th
Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu . AN INTERESTING RECEPTION. 55 and followed by about sixty of my boys, clad in cleanwhite tobes, or cloaks, with turbans on their heads, andtheir bodies well smeared with ghee. After them canie thelong train of camels, sheep, and goats, and a motley crowdof natives bringing up the rear. By the gateway beforedescribed there were grouped some three hundred natives,with their chiefs, ready to receive us. The whole affair. WOMEN OF SHEIKH by F. Gillett. had atouch of religious mystery about it that made it oddand amusing to the Europeans. It was now the time forour hosts to show themselves highly appreciative of theholy and tremendous event of our coming. Led by anold man with long gray hair, they went through such con-tortions as I never believed human beings capable of. Allwere provided with long sticks in lieu of spears, whichthey crossed with one another, making a deafening sound. 56 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. at the same time singing and shouting to the accompani-ment of a huge bass drum. They clapped their hands,danced, and twisted themselves into all manner of madshapes. After this had gone on for some time, Sheikh AHcame forward and conducted us to the camping-place thathad been prepared a couple of hundred yards further on,and here again we were surrounded by a dancing, singingmob. Later in the afternoon great feasts were preparedby the natives, as well as by my boys,
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