. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. m DIARY, 181 filliiii,'. Into tliis one wc fjjot, and crossed over. We tuuiul a small piece of ground, under some tn^es, swe})t cli'iui, and they l)ron«i^]it us stools to sit on. Presently a tireat crowd collected, men, women, and children. The men nearly all had their knives, and a «^ood many, spears. After waitin«i; some time amidst a perfect habel of voices, a chief arrived with his face all blackened ; the two prisoners (one of the three havinjj; esca
. The story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition [microform] . Explorers; Birds; Insects; Explorateurs; Oiseaux; Insectes. m DIARY, 181 filliiii,'. Into tliis one wc fjjot, and crossed over. We tuuiul a small piece of ground, under some tn^es, swe})t cli'iui, and they l)ron«i^]it us stools to sit on. Presently a tireat crowd collected, men, women, and children. The men nearly all had their knives, and a «^ood many, spears. After waitin«i; some time amidst a perfect habel of voices, a chief arrived with his face all blackened ; the two prisoners (one of the three havinjj; escaped, or hcen eaten) beinj;- also present. lie opened the ball Avirh a l()n<^ speecli about friendliness to the white men, or " Tuku-Tukus " as tliey call us. This name is an imita- tion of the puffin«jj of the steamer in which we arrived. AVhon he had finished, and silence was again restored, Major Barttelot told them that, if they gave up the two remaining prisoners and the three guns to us, he woidd <riiarantee tliat they would be left in peace as long as he remained here. Tliis having been translated to them, there was more noise, and the chief finally retired to consult the oracles. After some time a man, evidently of authority, arrived with two sticks, one with what looked exactly like a bunch of small carrots tied on to the end, the other a short thick (me tied up in dried palm leaves, having one end bare. These he solemnly placed on the ground, and informed us that any man, white, black, nati\ e, or Arab, who looked upon them, and had witch- craft in him, would die. They did not like the presence of my boy Farani, whom Tippu-Tib gave me, recognizing liim as an Arab at once, so they gave him first of all the short thick stick, which he had to hold in his hand close to his face, and look at the bare end, whilst he swore friendship towards them, and finally he had to blow upon it, which was the great test. Next he had to take up the stick with the "
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