Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . ,which are the chief circulating medium of thecountry. They arc armed with bows and ar-rows, spears, and shields of hardened skin. On the 2Gth of September they met with thefirst topographical disappointment. The Ziwahad been described to them as a piece of waterfit to float a man of war. They found it a merepond. News from afar, said Kidogo, theirguide, when spoken to about the false , too, began the system of levying tribute,or black mail, which continued all the way toUjiji, and all the way back—every little, pettysu
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . ,which are the chief circulating medium of thecountry. They arc armed with bows and ar-rows, spears, and shields of hardened skin. On the 2Gth of September they met with thefirst topographical disappointment. The Ziwahad been described to them as a piece of waterfit to float a man of war. They found it a merepond. News from afar, said Kidogo, theirguide, when spoken to about the false , too, began the system of levying tribute,or black mail, which continued all the way toUjiji, and all the way back—every little, pettysultan through whose territory they passed de-manding and receiving presents for himself, forhis wives, for his children, for his ministers, andfor any others of his people who happened to bein necessitous circumstances. The shave is ac-cording to the travelers means. It is set by thesultan, and if refused is taken by force. Withthe trading caravans it is usual to pay tributeonly one way. But these white men were ex-ceptional cases; and as the Sultan of Vgo^o. justly observed, he never expected to see themagain, and it was his painful duty to get all hecould out of them, Avhich he faithfully did. The Wagogo they found a grain more intelli-gent than their neighbors. Instead of stu])idlypaying no attention to the whites, they crowdedabout them with screams and remarks of won-der. Some even asked for particulars of thatwonderful white land where beads grow in the ground, and where the women weave suchcottons. What will happen to us? theycried; we never yet saw this manner ofman! Some Arabs had industriously misrep-resented the whites ; and they found themselvesregarded as men full of knowledge, whichmeans magic—as causing rain to fall in ad-vance, and droughts to destroy the country inthe rear; as possessors of four arms, and but 028 HAEPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
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