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Bombay then told me he had forgotten to do so before that when he was last at Kaze, Sheikh said told him he was sure we would succeed if both he and myself pulled together, although it was well known no one else of my party wished to go northwards. With at last a sufficiency of porters, we all set out together, walking over a new style of country.
On the 15th I was surprised to find Bombay come in with all my rear property and a great quantity of Musa's, but with out the old man. By a letter from Sheikh Said I then found that, since my leaving Kaze, the Arabs had, along with Mkisiwa, invested the position of Manua Sera at Kigue, and forced him to take flight again. Afterwards the Arabs, returning to Kaze, found Musa preparing to leave.
Nevertheless, the Captain accepted all my geography leading from Kaze to the Nile, and wrote it down in his book contracting only my distances, which he said he thought were exaggerated, and of course taking care to sever my lake from the Nile by his Mountains of the Moon.
Finally, in compliance with my request and this was the most important item of news to myself Colonel Rigby had sent on, thirteen days previously, fifty-six loads of cloth and beads, in charge of two of Ramji's men, consigned to Musa at Kaze. To call on the Sultan, of course, was our first duty.
Marse Edward, don' you laugh kaze mammy done fergit you ain' er baby still " Edward hugged her. "One night in the trenches, not long ago, I swear I heard you singing, mammy! I couldn't sleep. And at last I said, 'I'll put my head in mammy's lap, and she'll sing me The Buzzards and the Butterflies and I'll go to sleep. I did it, and I went off like a baby Well, Julius, and how are you?"
Grinning and bobbing, he presented the offerings, and then stepped back to make room for Uncle Tony. "Marse Ab, you'll 'cep' dis bunch o' brooms f'um ole Tony; kaze he wuz yer fus' 'quaintunce when you come ter dis kintry. Dese brooms will 'min' you ob yer ole home; kaze dey's tied wid de same twist an' loop jes' ez dey mek brooms wid in ole Virginny.
"Den Brer Possum git mighty mad. "'Who's enny cowerd? sezee. "'You is, sez Brer Coon, 'dat's who. I ain't soshatin' wid dem w'at lays down on de groun' en plays dead w'en dar's a free fight gwine on, sezee. "Den Brer Possum grin en laugh fit to kill hisse'f. "'Lor', Brer Coon, you don't speck I done dat kaze I wuz 'feared, duz you? sezee. 'W'y I want no mo 'feared dan you is dis minnit.
"Bofe un um wuz allers atter wunner nudder, a prankin' en a pesterin' 'roun', but Brer Rabbit did had some peace, kaze Brer Fox done got skittish 'bout puttin' de clamps on Brer Rabbit.
Now, as you were a friend of my father, I do hope you will patch up this war for me, which you must think is unjust." I told Manua Sera I felt very much for him, and I would do my best if he would follow me to Kaze; but I knew that nothing could ever be done unless he returned to the free-trade principles of his father.
The Country and People of U-n-ya-muezi Kaze, the Capital Old Musa The Naked Wakidi The N'yanza, and the Question of the River Running in or out The Contest between Mohinna and "Short-legs" Famine The Arabs and Local Wars The Sultana of Unyambewa Ungurue "The Pig" Pillage. U-n-ya-muezi Country of Moon must have been one of the largest kingdoms in Africa.
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