. South of Suez. ^ P-I H-1 H > H O O o. SOUTH OF SUEZ tery, ophthalmia, and a couple of bad and akidas came to me daily with ru-mours and reports, or to hold shauris; and these,squatted in a semicircle about my door, wouldwait for horns before opening an oblique discus-sion that never by any chance disclosed the realobject of the visit until the last possible moment. I bought cattle from the headmen, who dulytried to cheat me, but my askaris were Mussul-mans and invariably disclosed the trick by de-livering into my presence various bits of diseasedtripe, bloated kidneys, and
. South of Suez. ^ P-I H-1 H > H O O o. SOUTH OF SUEZ tery, ophthalmia, and a couple of bad and akidas came to me daily with ru-mours and reports, or to hold shauris; and these,squatted in a semicircle about my door, wouldwait for horns before opening an oblique discus-sion that never by any chance disclosed the realobject of the visit until the last possible moment. I bought cattle from the headmen, who dulytried to cheat me, but my askaris were Mussul-mans and invariably disclosed the trick by de-livering into my presence various bits of diseasedtripe, bloated kidneys, and empurpled considerable matata when I summonedthe akidas, and they endeavoured to placate mewith the subtle reasoning of soothing gifts, in-cluding everything from honey beer to wivesfrom among the famed beauties of seen fair specimens of the beauties, Iheld my own in face of these offers. My moods,however, were frequently softened by reportsthat came in of lion, rhino, and elephant, spooredand sighted upon the s
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