. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. niABY. 275 should go to war with Germany, evidently thinking tliat it would clieck the progress of the (iermans in this country for a little. He also asked me a great deal about the Congo Free State. He sent me up word later in tlie day that lie would start in three days. Tippu does not allow the natives here to be ill-treated by his own men. An Arab was flogged by his command to-day for having unjustly struck a native. There was a regular sale of slaves
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. niABY. 275 should go to war with Germany, evidently thinking tliat it would clieck the progress of the (iermans in this country for a little. He also asked me a great deal about the Congo Free State. He sent me up word later in tlie day that lie would start in three days. Tippu does not allow the natives here to be ill-treated by his own men. An Arab was flogged by his command to-day for having unjustly struck a native. There was a regular sale of slaves to-day, about fifteen being sold by auction, of whom Tippu bought eight. April 2bth.—I generally take a walk every evening up the hill, at tlie top of which lives a rich Arab, called ^luni Katomba, from Bagamoya. Two evenings ago, ou my way home, he came out and said to me, " You pass my house every day; why do you not come in and see me V I promised to do so the next time I passed, and called on him this evening. He was deliglited to see me, and we had a long talk. These Arabs cannot believe that there are many j900r white men (I opened liis eyes on that subject), nor can they understand that there are people in England richer than the Queen and the Prince of Wales. He asked me why I had bought the native axes, and when I told him, he brought me out four large native knives, and asked me if they would be of any use, and I gladly accepted them. He took me into his house, and into the large courtyard at the back, in which he showed me all his women slaves, of Avhom there must have been two hundred of all manner of tribes. The women brought me a mat to sit on, and they crowded round to see me, most of them never having seen a white man before. On my de- parture he presented me with a goat, a quantity of fruit, and a beautiful Zanzibar mat, and then wallved lialf-w^ay down the hill to bid me good-bye. How different his treatment of me from that of the Arabs who live near Ti
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