of the tribe, I read the 14th chapter of 2d Chronicles, in which it is
written how Zerah, the Ethiopian, with a host of a thousand thousand,
met the Jew Asa with a large army, in the valley of Zephathah, near
Mareshah; adding to it that again, at a much later date, we find the
Ethiopians battling with the Arabs in the Somali country, and with the
Arabs and Portuguese at Omwita (Mombas)--in all of which places they
have taken possession of certain tracts of land, and left their sons to
people it.

To explain the way in which the type or physical features of people
undergo great changes by interbreeding, Mtesa was instanced as having
lost nearly every feature of his Mhuma blood, but the kings of Uganda
having been produced, probably for several generations running, of
Waganda mothers. This amused Kamrasi greatly, and induced me to inquire
how his purity of blood was maintained--"Was the king of Unyoro chosen,
as in Uganda, haphazard by the chief men--or did the eldest son sit by
succession on the throne?" The reply was, "The brothers fought for it,
and the best man gained the crown."

Kamrasi then began counting the leaves of the Bible, an amusement that
every negro that gets hold of a book indulges in; and, concluding in
his mind that each page or leaf represented one year of time since the
beginning of creation, continued his labour till one quarter of the way
through the book, and then only shut it up on being told, if he desired
to ascertain the number more closely, he had better count the words.

I begged for my picture-books, which were only lent him at his request
for a few days; and then began a badgering verbal conflict: he would not
return them until I drew others like them; he would not allow me to go
to the Little Luta Nzige, west of this, until Bombay returned, when he
would send me with an army of spears to lead the way, and my men with
their guns behind to protect the rear. This was for the purpose of
making us his tools in his conflict with his brothers. I complained that
he had, without consulting me, ordered away the men who had been sent,
either to fetch me back to Uganda, or else get powder from me, although
they had orders to carry out their king's desire, under the threat of
being burnt with the fire logs they carried; and all this Kamrasi had
professed to do merely out of respect for my dignity, as I was no slave,
that Mtesa should order me about. I argued, founding on each particular
in success