Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . t,and before us lay Kabregas headquarters, Unyoros capital. The hutswhich had been prepared for me lay to the left of the road, upon a hill,above which high mountains towered. The spot is about ten minutesdistant from the great compound of huts which comprises the kings resi-dence, and which, with another compound .lying near it, forms thevillage. Our goods were hardly under shelter when th
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . t,and before us lay Kabregas headquarters, Unyoros capital. The hutswhich had been prepared for me lay to the left of the road, upon a hill,above which high mountains towered. The spot is about ten minutesdistant from the great compound of huts which comprises the kings resi-dence, and which, with another compound .lying near it, forms thevillage. Our goods were hardly under shelter when the rain began to pour 694 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. and the thunder to roll. Late in the evening Katagrua, Kabregas primeminister, once a companion of Baker, came to visit me and to bring mehis masters greetings. Kabrega had intended to receive me immedi-ately, but was prevented doing so on account of the rain. For the samereason it had been impossible for him to gather together for me any kindof present, and therefore he begged me to excuse it. I simply remarkedi;^that I was very much obliged to his sovereign, but that I was not comein order to receive JVIakango Bkamba, whom I had sent with. ARRIVAL AT KABREGA S. my greetings 1o the king, brought me the promise of an audienceto-morrow. The sun had hardly risen when Katagrua arrived, bringing with himthe present he had yesterday led me to expect. Two fat white oxen withlong horns, a package of fine white salt (from the Albert Lake), threepackages of corn and two packages of meal of the same kind of corn,were laid before me, together with several jars of very good banana wine,accompanied by Kabregas best greetings. After Katagrua had gone, I EMIN PASHA IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA. 695 had hardly time, before my audience with Kabrega, to prepare the pres-ents which I had brought for him, and which far surpassed anything thatiie could previously have received. Exactly at midday my guide, Kap-t inps, appeared, this time dressed
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