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Kamna perhaps knew the art of donkey-driving, but, overjoyful at the departure, had sung himself into oblivion of the difficulties with which an animal of the pure asinine breed has naturally to contend against, such as not knowing the right road, and inability to resist the temptation of straying into the depths of a manioc field; and the donkey, ignorant of the custom in vogue amongst ass-drivers of flourishing sticks before an animal's nose, and misunderstanding the direction in which he was required to go, ran off at full speed along an opposite road, until his pack got unbalanced, and he was fain to come to the earth.
John William Shaw, London, England. Selim Heshmy, Arab. Seedy Mbarak Mombay, Zanzibar. Mabruki Spoke, ditto. Ulimengo, ditto Ambari, ditto. Uledi, ditto. Asmani, ditto. Sarmean, ditto. Kamna, ditto. Zaidi, ditto. Khamisi, ditto. Chowpereh, Bagamoyo. Kingaru, ditto. Belali, ditto. Ferous, Unyanyembe. Rojab, Bagamoyo. Mabruk Unyanyembe, Unyanyembe. Mtamani, ditto. Chanda, Maroro. Sadala, Zanzibar.
Bombay, as ever comical, never so much at home as when in the dance of the Mrima, has my water-bucket on his head; Chowpereh the sturdy, the nimble, sure-footed Chowpereh has an axe in his hand, and wears a goatskin on his head; Baraka has my bearskin, and handles a spear; Mabruki, the "Bull-headed," has entered into the spirit of the thing, and steps up and down like a solemn elephant; Ulimengo has a gun, and is a fierce Drawcansir, and you would imagine he was about to do battle to a hundred thousand, so ferocious is he in appearance; Khamisi and Kamna are before the drummers, back to back, kicking up ambitiously at the stars; Asmani, the embodiment of giant strength, a towering Titan, has also a gun, with which he is dealing blows in the air, as if he were Thor, slaying myriads with his hammer.
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