Ten years in Equatoria; . amongst his followers. This imprudent boast injured the boaster himself ; for a womanfled during the night to the Arab camp, and told them what theywere going to eat. Bold and sure of the success of his plan,Nessugo appeared at the Arab camp next day, and saw withastonishment and ill-disguised anger that the men were inflourishing health. The Donagla, however, dissimulated, andreceived the prince with their usual courtesy ; but on the thirdday Beshir Salah, who commanded the troops, called togetherYangara, Rembi, aud Mondoghi, the first named chief of the Bamba,the ot
Ten years in Equatoria; . amongst his followers. This imprudent boast injured the boaster himself ; for a womanfled during the night to the Arab camp, and told them what theywere going to eat. Bold and sure of the success of his plan,Nessugo appeared at the Arab camp next day, and saw withastonishment and ill-disguised anger that the men were inflourishing health. The Donagla, however, dissimulated, andreceived the prince with their usual courtesy ; but on the thirdday Beshir Salah, who commanded the troops, called togetherYangara, Rembi, aud Mondoghi, the first named chief of the Bamba,the others of Niapu, and invited Nessugo to a council of war about F 82 TEN YEARS IN EQUATOKIA. future operations. Nessugo set out to keep the appointment, buton entering the camp a well-directed bullet wounded him domination of the Mambettu, though it ended by violence andthe dispersion of the whole tribe, left a permanent remembranceof its achievements—its traditional influence on the arts, customs,and DEATH OF KING KESSUGO. The modes of dress, ornaments for the head, suj^erstitions,weapons, utensils, dances, and festivities—all were moulded afterthe Mambettu. But above all, their language triumphed completely, though eachtribe remembered its original tongue. They all agree in consider-ing it superior to all others, and as embodying glorious traditions ;it also renders intertribal communications easier. One day I was with the chief, Yangara, when Mbala amved ona visit; they all stood up at once. Yangara, having stepped for-ward, invited him to occupy his own place, while he himself, as asign of respect, sat down on a lower bench; it was the reflectionof his past grandeur, still bright, that inspired every one withrespect. The dress is more or less handsome, according to the conditionof each individual: from the rich garment, red, brown, or grey,extending with graceful folds from the shoulders to the knees, andgirdled by a thick cord of superior workmanship
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