Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State by TBroadwood JohnsonWith an introdby Buxton . DAUDI KASAGAMA OF TORO—EVERY INCH A KING {sCC f>. $$). [Front ispicce. I TRAMPS ROUND THEMOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND THROUGH THEBACK GATE OF THE CONGO STATE BY T. BROADWOOD JOHNSON, ,, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BYT. F. VICTOR BUXTON, T. FISHER UNWIN LONDON LEIPSIC ADELPHI TERRACE INSELSTRASSE 20 1908. {All rights reserved.) PREFACE ON a first furlough one is asked very many andvaried questions as to life out in Central Africa,and one is s
Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State by TBroadwood JohnsonWith an introdby Buxton . DAUDI KASAGAMA OF TORO—EVERY INCH A KING {sCC f>. $$). [Front ispicce. I TRAMPS ROUND THEMOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND THROUGH THEBACK GATE OF THE CONGO STATE BY T. BROADWOOD JOHNSON, ,, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BYT. F. VICTOR BUXTON, T. FISHER UNWIN LONDON LEIPSIC ADELPHI TERRACE INSELSTRASSE 20 1908. {All rights reserved.) PREFACE ON a first furlough one is asked very many andvaried questions as to life out in Central Africa,and one is sometimes rather overwhelmed by theinterest of warm-hearted friends. Amongst my first recollections of such expressionsof interest was that of an old lady who, on hearingthat I had been living for five years on the AfricanEquator, drew me under the chandelier, and, aftera close inspection, exclaimed in an almost disappointedtone of voice, ^^ Why ! you are not black yet! Thequestions are usually of a very kindly human cha-racter :—^ What do you live on out there—roots likethe natives ? What is the climate like, and thelanguage ? and ^ What kind of a house do you livein ? or, with sometimes a sudden after-thought pullup at the end, ^* Do you dress like the natives ? andthe like. After telling of the dignity and courtliness of theKing, one has been asked, And does he cut off peoplesheads as he used to ? and Do you go down on yourhands and knees to
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