Bombay, However, Thinking Easy Compliance Would Only Lead To
Continued Demands On Our Short Store Of Powder, Said He Had No
Order To Shoot Cows, And Declined.
A strong debated ensued, which
Bombay, by his own account, turned to advantage, by saying, "What
use is there in shooting cows?
We have lots of meat; what we want
is flour to eat with it." To which the great king retorted, "If
you have not got flour, that is not my fault, for I ordered your
master to come slowly, and to bring provisions along with him."
Then getting impatient, as all his visitors wanted sport, he
ordered the cow out again, and insisted on my men shooting at it,
saying at the same time to his Kidi visitors, boastfully, "Now I
will show you what devils these Wanguana are: with firearms they
can kill a cow with one bullet; and as they are going to Gani, I
advise you not to meddle with them." The Kidi visitors said,
"Nonsense; we don't believe in their power, but we will see."
Irate at his defeat, Bombay gave orders to the men to fire over
the cow, and told Kamrasi why he had done so - Bana would be angry
with him. "Well," said the king of kings, "if that is true, go
back to your master, tell him you have disappointed me before
these men, and obtain permission to shoot the cow in the morning;
after which, should you succeed, your master can come after
breakfast to see me - but for the present, take him this pot of
pombe."
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