Then He Rushes At Me, Takes Both My
Hands - Shakes, Shakes - Woh, Woh!
- Then runs to his women, then to
his men; shakes them all, woh-wohing, but yet not shaking or
wohing half enough for his satisfaction, for he is mad with joy
at his own exploit.
The bird is then sent immediately to his mother, whilst he
retires to his palace, woh-wohing, and taking "ten to the dozen"
all the way and boasting of his prowess. "Now, Bana, tell me - do
you not think, if two such shots as you and I were opposed to an
elephant, would he have any chance before us? I know I can
shoot - I am certain of it now. You have often asked me to go
hippopotamus-shooting with you, but I staved it off until I
learnt the way to shoot. Now, however, I can shoot - and that
remarkably well too, I flatter myself. I will have at them, and
both of us will go on the lake together." The palace was now
reached; musicians were ordered to play before the king, and
Wakungu appointments were made to celebrate the feats of the day.
Then the royal cutler brought in dinner-knives made of iron,
inlaid with squares of copper and brass, and goats and vegetables
were presented as usual, when by torchlight we were dismissed, my
men taking with them as many plantains as they could carry.
1st. - I stayed at home all this day, because the king and queen
had set it apart for looking at and arranging their horns -
mapembe, or fetishes, as the learned call such things - to see
that there are no imperfections in the Uganga.
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