On This K'yengo, Who Happened To Be Present Whilst Our Interview
Lasted, Explained That The Demons Of The Deep Were Annoyed With
Me For Intruding On Their Preserves, Without Having The Courtesy
To Commemorate The Event By The Sacrifice Of A Goat Or A Cow.
Rumanika then, at my suggestions, gave Nnanaji the revolving
pistol I first gave him, but not without a sharp rebuke for his
having had the audacity to beg a gun of me in consideration of
his being a sportsman.
We then went into a discourse on
astrology, when the intelligent Rumanika asked me if the same sun
we saw one day appeared again, or whether fresh suns came every
day, and whether or not the moon made different faces, to laugh
at us mortals on earth.
23d and 24th. - This day was spent by the king introducing me to
his five fat wives, to show with what esteem he was held by all
the different kings of the countries surrounding. From Mpororo -
which, by the by, is a republic - he was wedded to Kaogez, the
daughter of Kahaya, who is the greatest chief in the country;
from Unyoro he received Kauyangi, Kamrasi's daughter; from Nkole,
Kambiri, the late Kasiyonga's daughter; from Utumbi, Kirangu, the
late Kiteimbua's daughter; and lastly, the daughter of
Chiuarungi, his head cook.
After presenting Rumanika with an india-rubber band - which, as
usual, amused him immensely - for the honour he had done me in
showing me his wives, a party of Waziwa, who had brought some
ivory from Kidi, came to pay their respects to him.
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