He Was, In Fact, A Spy Whom Rohinda Had Sent
To Ascertain What Exactions Had Been Made From Me, As He, Being
The Great Chief, Was Entitled To The Most Of Them Himself.
On
Lumeresi's return, all the men of the village, as well as mine,
set up a dance, beating the drums all day and all night.
20th to 21st. - Next night they had to beat their drums for a very
different purpose, as the Watuta, after lifting all of Makaka's
cattle in Sorombo, came hovering about, and declared they would
never cease fighting until they had lifted all those that
Lumeresi harboured round his boma; for it so happened that
Lumeresi allowed a large party of Watosi, alias Wahuma, to keep
their cattle in large stalls all round his boma, and these the
Watuta had now set their hearts upon. After a little reflection,
however, they thought better of it, as they were afraid to come
in at once on account of my guns.
Most gladdening news this day came in to cheer me. A large mixed
caravan of Arabs and coast-men, arriving from Karague, announced
that both Rumanika and Suwarora were anxiously looking out for
us, wondering why we did not come. So great, indeed, was
Suwarora's desire to see us, that he had sent four men to invite
us, and they would have been here now, only that one of them fell
sick on the way, and the rest had to stop for him. I cannot say
what pleasure this gave me; my fortune, I thought, was made; and
so I told Baraka, and pretended he did not believe the news to be
true.
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