. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. !•] LOSS OF TIME IN PAYING PAGAZI. 29 seemed to experience in making np tlieir minds, and saying what they wanted. A man's name being called out, he answers "Ay-wallah," but makes no attemjDt at moving. When, at last, it pleases him to come to the front, and he is asked -how he wishes to receive his advance, he will probably stand, even for ten minutes, con- sidering before giving an answer. Then he says, " So many dollars, and so many doti; so many of th
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. !•] LOSS OF TIME IN PAYING PAGAZI. 29 seemed to experience in making np tlieir minds, and saying what they wanted. A man's name being called out, he answers "Ay-wallah," but makes no attemjDt at moving. When, at last, it pleases him to come to the front, and he is asked -how he wishes to receive his advance, he will probably stand, even for ten minutes, con- sidering before giving an answer. Then he says, " So many dollars, and so many doti; so many of the doti must be meri- kani, and so many ; When paid, he often wants to change a gold dollar for pice, and all the filthy copper coins have to be counted; then, perhaps, he wishes to have one doti merikani changed for one of kaniki, or vice versa, or begs for another doti: and thus a vast amount of time is wasted. In the evening we occasionally took some men to the beach for target-practice, first making them fire a round of blank and then three rounds of ball at an empty case at one hundred yards, and, althougli there were no hits, the firing was fairly good. February, "We found it necessary to muster our forces every morning, the honor of bearing colors on these occasions being conferred upon Ferradi and Umbari, two of Speke's followers. The uniform we established for our askari consisted of a red patrol jacket, red fez, white shirt, and cummer-bund. Bombay and the leading men were distinguished by wearing non-com- missioned ofticers' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894; Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. New York : Harper & Bros.
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