. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . - stillappeared afraid ; at last, after a good deal of palavering, theold head-man, who was called Gomo, exclaimed : Show methe presents you are going to give me, and I will then goback to my village and bring a guide. I called privately toNasur, my Arab guide, to know whether I could trust them,as after receiving my presents I might never see them again ;Nasur, however, said they might be trusted, so I accordingly XXV travp:ls in kast Africa 483
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . - stillappeared afraid ; at last, after a good deal of palavering, theold head-man, who was called Gomo, exclaimed : Show methe presents you are going to give me, and I will then goback to my village and bring a guide. I called privately toNasur, my Arab guide, to know whether I could trust them,as after receiving my presents I might never see them again ;Nasur, however, said they might be trusted, so I accordingly XXV travp:ls in kast Africa 483 presented them with the following-, which I spread out beforethem— 10 rupees in money, I large tin full of sugar, I load of rice, I table-knife, I tumbler, I looking-glass, and some empty MY PRESENTS TO THE WA-BONI. The Wa-Boni were delighted, and the old man shook mevigorously by the hand, saying— Let me go back to myvillage ; you stop here to-day, and I will bring my own sonto guide you to-morrow. So this was settled, and theWa-Boni departed in high good-humour. Late in theafternoon Mohamed bin Saif returned. He asked noquestions as to what I had settled with the Wa-Boni,probably having already found out all about it, and for all Iknew, had very likely been at their village. In any case I 484 IN P:ASr AFRICA chap. felt sure he had tried his utmost to stop or hinder my plansin some way. After a brief rest he went away, and I badehim this time a final farewell. I made my preparations for an early start next day, andwas kept bus) re-packing my loads, of which I had to leavetwent}--one behind me, and to send back for them from mynext camp, in the meanwhile leaving three askaris in took care, remembering the siafu ants, to have my tentre-pitched in anot
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