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8417	Then,quoth the energetic Jemadar,"were your gourds made for nothing?
8417	Where is he going?
8417	And why?
8417	Had he not fought battles by their side, of which his scars bore living testimony?
8417	He was ready to sink into the earth, and said to me,"Oh, why did you not whip me when I was in fault?
8417	How could jungle- folk like them know anything of the English and their intentions?
8417	How did Ptolemy hear of the two lakes which he considered were the sources of the Nile?
8417	In great glee at this I asked Snay, through Captain Burton, whether or not a river ran out of that lake?
8417	Sumunter and all the men alike said,"Of what good is your coming here, if you do not enjoy yourself?
8417	We all came on this journey to reap advantages from serving you, and now if you do n''t shoot, what may we expect?"
8417	What will be the consequences now if I return to Aden?"
8417	_ P._--"Then why did you not land it at Goriat, and give it me there, or why did you even buy it at all at Aden if it was of no use?"
8417	_ P._--"Where are the bales of cloth which by my account and Imam''s are missing?"
8417	_ P._--"Where are the twenty rupees I gave you for hiring donkeys, and which I particularly ordered should not be expended for any other purpose?"
8417	_ P._--"Why did you attempt to bribe Farhan to leave my service, and say nothing to me about it?"
8417	_ P._--"Why did you change my good rice for bad?"
8417	and,"Very well, I hope?")
8417	they said they had come a long way to see, and now must have a good long stare; for when was there ever a Mzungu here before?
8417	why have you come to this land, where there are no laws, or any respect for life?
3233	Are the other camels better or worse than that?
3233	Are they all dead?
3233	But,I replied,"why should you disturb the bones of those whom you have already buried, and expose them on the outskirts of the town?"
3233	Do you not know that there is a spirit within you different from flesh? 3233 Do you see no difference in good and bad actions?"
3233	Do you think man is like a beast, that dies and is ended?
3233	Do you think that a good man and a bad must share the same fate, and alike die, and end?
3233	Do you use whistles in your country?
3233	Does he sleep still?
3233	FOOD FOR THE VULTURES?
3233	Have you no belief in a future existence after death? 3233 Have you no idea of the existence of spirits superior to either man or beast?
3233	How do you bring it? 3233 I give them rain if they do n''t give me goats?
3233	Is not a man superior in sense to an ox? 3233 Mahomet, you rascal, why do n''t you answer?"
3233	Well,I replied,"you are the rain- maker; why do n''t you give your people rain?"
3233	What do you think of the English ladies? 3233 Where are you going?"
3233	Where does fire live? 3233 Where shall we go?"
3233	Who am I?
3233	Who can travel without a guide? 3233 Who wishes to go to Mecca?"
3233	Who wishes to remit money to his family, as I will send it and deduct it from his wages?
3233	Why has he brought so many men with him?
3233	Would the lady like to have a girrit( baboon)?
3233	Are they not lovely?"
3233	Are you a rain- maker?"
3233	As he came rapidly round toward us flourishing his coorbatch, I called to him,"Is that a nice hygeen for the Sit( lady), EL Baggar?
3233	But where was home?
3233	Can a dead man get out of his grave, unless we dig him out?"
3233	Can you explain what we frequently see at night when lost in the wilderness?
3233	Choose your course frankly, like a man-- friend or enemy?"
3233	Commoro( laughing)--"Well, how do YOU account for it?
3233	Commoro--"Where will the spirit live?"
3233	Commoro.--"Yes; what else can they do?
3233	Could they be Speke and Grant?
3233	Do you know, they have positively threatened to kill me unless I bring the rain?
3233	Do you not dream and wander in thought to distant places in your sleep?
3233	Eh, Mahomet?"
3233	Had I overrated the importance of the discovery?
3233	Had I really come from the Nile Sources?
3233	Has he not a mind to direct his actions?"
3233	Has not that fire, that lies harmless and unseen in the sticks, the power to consume the whole country?
3233	Have you no fear of evil except from bodily causes?"
3233	He asked,"What''s the use of the ammunition if you wo n''t give me your rifle?"
3233	He suddenly altered his tone, and asked,"Have you any rain in your country?"
3233	How can that be?
3233	How can they help dying?
3233	How do you account for this?"
3233	How many ages had the rains and the stream been at work to scoop out from the flat tableland this deep and broad valley?
3233	I begged him not to sing;"my wife had a headache-- I disliked the fiddle-- could He play anything else instead?"
3233	I even said to Speke,"Does not one leaf of the laurel remain for me?"
3233	I recalled to recollection the practical question of Commoro, the chief of Latooka,"Suppose you get to the great lake, what will you do with it?
3233	I said,"do you not see that the natives have no SHIELDS with them, but merely lances?
3233	I said:"Ibrahim, why should we be enemies in the midst of this hostile country?
3233	If you find that the large river does flow from it, what then?"
3233	If you leave no belief in a future state, WHY SHOULD A MAN BE GOOD?
3233	Is it very easy?"
3233	Is not some idea expressed in the act of exhuming the bones after the flesh is decayed?"
3233	It was your own fault; why did you not agree to fight Fowooka?
3233	My men were almost green with awe when I asked them solemnly,"Where are the men who deserted from me?"
3233	That which was music to our ears was discord to those of Mahomet, who with terror in his face came to us and exclaimed,"Master, what''s that?
3233	Then,"If you are not Kamrasi, pray who are you?"
3233	Was it possible that it was so near, and that to- morrow we could say,"The work is accomplished"?
3233	Was she to die?
3233	Was so terrible a sacrifice to be the result of my selfish exile?
3233	We believe in the same God; why should we quarrel in this land of heathens, who believe in no God?
3233	We had succeeded-- and what was the result?
3233	What do you think of the weather to- day?"
3233	What for master and the missus come to this bad country?
3233	What river- fiend answered to the summons?
3233	What was the reply?
3233	What were our feelings at that moment?
3233	What will be the good of it?
3233	Where was El Baggar?
3233	Where was the first lion?
3233	Where were all the crowded inhabitants of the pool?
3233	Where were my spare guns?
3233	Which is the stronger, the small stick that first PRODUCES the fire, or the fire itself?
3233	Why should he not be bad, if he can prosper by wickedness?"
3233	Would a boat be waiting for us with supplies and letters?
3233	Would they commence an attack without their shields?
3233	You want ivory; I am a simple traveller; why should we clash?
3233	and had I wasted some of the best years of my life to obtain a shadow?
3233	by rubbing two sticks together?
3233	eh, Richarn?
3233	said Taher Noor,"a couple of dollars?
3233	why he had not followed the Nile to the Luta N''zige lake, and from the lake to Gondokoro?
3284	All right, your majesty; what is it?
3284	And did you get drunk?
3284	And were his officers drunk too?
3284	And where is Petherick now?
3284	And why not say Uganda?
3284	And would you like to see me to- morrow?
3284	And you can give no stimulants?
3284	At buffaloes?
3284	But the road,I cried,"has that been gained?
3284	But there are no pills; why wo n''t you give us pills? 3284 But, for the present, is it true what I have heard, that Bana would like to go out with me shooting?"
3284	Can you swim?
3284	Had they not,it was said,"heard of Budja''s telling Mtesa that K''yengo''s children prevented the white men from returning to Uganda?
3284	Has she any children?
3284	Hippopotami?
3284	How can we go in?
3284	How did we come here from the last ground?
3284	How is it you have not got English colours, then?
3284	How? 3284 I wish to know positively if you would like English traders to come here regularly, as the Arabs do to trade at Karague?
3284	If that is the case,I said, taking things easy,"how is it you have opened my loads and scattered the wires about in the tent?"
3284	If that is the case,I said,"why do you want a gun?"
3284	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? 3284 Oh,"he said, over and over again and again, according to my informer,"can this be true?
3284	Then by whose orders are we kept here?
3284	Then can I not see him at once and pay my respects, for I have come a great way to obtain that pleasure?
3284	Then he must know we are here?
3284	Then what is to be done, your majesty?
3284	Well, then, where is the tree you told Bombay you would point out to us with Petherick''s name on it?
3284	Well, what is it? 3284 Well,"I said,"that is all very interesting, but what next?--will the big king see us?"
3284	Well,said I to Bombay,"what was Suwarora like?"
3284	What is it, your majesty? 3284 What luck was there in that?"
3284	What provision do you want?
3284	What,said these poor creatures,"can we do then?
3284	Where?
3284	Who is Debono?
3284	Who will guide us?
3284	Who,he said,"is to carry all this until the natives have got in their crops?"
3284	Why does Kamrasi keep us here?
3284	25th and 26th.--I sent Frij to the palace to inquire after Bombay, and got the usual reply:"Why is Bana in such a hurry?
3284	A strong debated ensued, which Bombay, by his own account, turned to advantage, by saying,"What use is there in shooting cows?
3284	Again she promised to feed them, but she objected to them bearing swords,"for of what use are swords?
3284	And would you like to shoot buffalo?"
3284	Are we such chickens that we can not speak about matters like men?
3284	As well as I could I reassured the villagers, and brought them back again, when they said to me,"Oh, what have you done?
3284	At first Baraka said,"Do you wish to have us killed?
3284	Bombay no sooner arrived in the palace, and saw the king upon his throne, than Mtesa asked him why he came?
3284	But as the two were walking off, I heard Wadimoyo say to Baraka,"Is he not afraid now?
3284	But what does Bana want?"
3284	But what had become of Petherick?
3284	Can the white man have come all this way to see me?
3284	Could I after that refuse him such a mere trifle as a compass?
3284	Could I not go on as a servant with the first caravan, or buy up a whole caravan if I liked?
3284	Could it be possible, I thought, I had been fighting with a phantom all this while, and yet the king had not been able to perceive it?
3284	Did you hear what Bana said, and that fool''s reply to it?
3284	Did you not go about like two brothers-- walking, talking, shooting, and even eating together?
3284	Do you not see through this humbug?
3284	Do you suppose you can do as you like in this country?"
3284	Do you think if we went to Suwarora''s you would ever see us back again?
3284	Everything was granted without the slightest hesitation; and then the king, turning to me, said,"Well, Bana, so you really wish to go?"
3284	Flog me if you like, but do n''t keep count against me, else I shall run away; and what will you do then?"
3284	Go back at once and recover your things else how can I make my report at Gondokoro?"
3284	Has he forgotten Mtesa, who loves him so?"
3284	He laughed, but still was silent; so I said,"What message have you brought from Mtesa?"
3284	He promised me assistance, but with an air which seemed to say, What are the sufferings of other men to me?
3284	He said, in return,"If friendship is your desire, what would you say if I showed you a road by which you might reach your home in one month?"
3284	He said,"As you gave men to Mtesa, why would you refuse them to me?"
3284	He then inquired if I would like to go shooting?
3284	He then, growing more familiar, said,"Now, Bana, do tell me-- did you not shoot that bird with something more than common ammunition?
3284	Here the knotty question arose again, what territory they, the Arabs, would give to Manua Sera?
3284	Here was altogether a staggerer: I would stop for three or four days, but if Kamrasi would not have us by that time, what was to be done?
3284	His cattle were much troubled with sickness, dying in great numbers-- could I cure them?
3284	His first question was,"Well, Bana, where are your guns?
3284	How could he be countenanced as a friend when the men under him steal from us?
3284	How would you account for this?"
3284	I asked him what use he had for so many women?
3284	I asked him, in Kisuahili, if he knew where Grant was?
3284	I did not tell you before, but the king says,''How can I answer Rumanika if Kamrasi injures Bana?
3284	I said,"How is it Petherick has not come here to meet me?
3284	I said,"Oh, Baraka, how can you be such a fool?
3284	I said;"what is impossible?
3284	If the Waganda do n''t like the Wanguana, can swords prevail in our country?"
3284	Kamrasi said,"What will be the use of your going empty- handed?
3284	Moreover, he was rather put to shame by my saying,"Pray, who now is biggest-- Ruhe or yourself?
3284	Mtesa now said,"It is late, and time to break up; what provisions would you wish to have?"
3284	My hurry he thought was uncalled for; for, as I had spent so many days with Kamrasi, why could I not be content to do so with him?
3284	My replay was, alluding to our fight in the river,"How did N''yamyonjo''s men fare?"
3284	N''yamgundu then turning to the company, said, What would he do now to expiate his folly?
3284	Now, what was to be done with this huge carcass?
3284	Of course, I said they were my guests in Uganda, and if they had been wise they would have eaten their cow on the spot; what was that to Kamrasi?
3284	Of what value, he observed, would the beads be to him if his life was lost?
3284	On taking my seat, he proudly pointed to two vultures which he had shot with bullet, saying to his brothers,"There, do you see these birds?
3284	S."Well, that is strange; and where are your brothers and sister?"
3284	S.( then changing the word Anguja for Anguza, says to Ntalo)"I think you said your mother and father both died at Anguza, did you not?"
3284	Sangizo opened the battle by saying,"Ntalo, who are you?"
3284	Supposing a man had a headache, what should he take for it?
3284	Surprised, at first Mtesa said,"Can it be possible Bana has asked for this?"
3284	That was true; but were there not two white men?
3284	The Wakungu then changed the subject by asking, if I married a black woman, would there be any offspring, and what would be their colour?
3284	The boys replied,"How can you go with his women?
3284	The friend coaxingly responded,"Oh no; he likes Mtesa, and will go and see him too; wo n''t you?"
3284	The gun obtained us all a speedy admittance, when the king opened conversation by saying,"Well, Bana, so you really are going?"
3284	The king jokingly looked at me and laughed, and then at these strange creatures, by turn, as much as to say, What do you think of them?
3284	The king said to him,"And did you do it well?"
3284	The king then said to me,"What is powder made of?"
3284	The queen retorted,"And what have you brought me, pray?
3284	The towel and handkerchiefs were also very beautiful, but what use could they be put to?
3284	The unmannerly creature, standing among a thousand of the sleekest cattle, gruffishly replied,"What can I know of any other animals than cows?"
3284	Then I said,"What would you do with Mkisiwa?
3284	Then said the king, turning to me,"Did I not tell you I had sent many men to fight?
3284	Then, as if a sudden freak had seized him, though I knew it was on account of Maula''s having excited his curiosity, he said,"Where does Bana live?
3284	Then, as that could not be managed, what would the king devise himself?
3284	Then, changing the subject, much to my relief, Kamrasi asked Bombay,"Who governs England?"
3284	Then, turning to Bombay, he said,"What does your master think of this business?"
3284	Then, turning to Frij, he said,"What would you do if they came?--go back with them?"
3284	Then, turning to us, he said,"Why have you not brought the medicine- chest and the saw?
3284	They laughed at this, and asked, Who would stop with me when the fight began?
3284	They saw the king, who simply asked,"Where is Bana?"
3284	This, of course, was exactly what I wanted; but how could king Mtesa, after the rebuff he had received from Kamrasi be induced to consent to it?
3284	To which, in a timid, modest kind of manner, he said,"Bana knows-- what more need I say?
3284	Was not Mtesa the king of the country, to do as he liked?
3284	What brought this scourge?
3284	What can such a sign mean?"
3284	What can such conduct mean, when she arranged everything so nicely for me after my own desire, that she might drink her medicine properly?
3284	What could this mean?
3284	What is impossible?
3284	What is it you do want?"
3284	What is the interpretation of this sign, if it does not point to the favour in which Mtesa is upheld by the spirits?
3284	What''s the use of those things?"
3284	Whether she kept a number of women as he did?
3284	Why should he doubt our word more than anybody else?
3284	Would it be prudent to try Kisuere now Baraka had been refused the Gani route?
3284	and if so, would you give me a pembe( magic horn) as a warrant, that everybody may know Kamrasi, king of Unyoro, desires it?"
3284	and then turning to the Sakibobo himself, asked what he would pay to be released?
3284	and what would cure it?
3284	are these men, then, Mussulmans?
3284	can this be?--is it true?
3284	going away?"
3284	is he married?"
3284	said Kamrasi,"does Bana forget my promised appointment that I would either see him to- day or to- morrow?
3284	said he,"do you want goats?"
3284	said the king, turning to his pages again,"have you given these men no plantains, as I ordered?
3284	says the Kamraviona,"what wonders will happen next?"
3284	says the king, strutting about with gigantic strides, and brandishing the rifle over his head before all his men,"what is the use of spears and bows?
3284	then where is your father?"
3284	then where is your mother?"
3284	then you did not come to visit us, but to beg, eh?
3284	those brutes who said we should all die here if we stayed, and yet dared not face the danger with us, should we now give them a helping hand?
3284	was the reply;"does he think we came here to trick kings that he doubts our words?
3284	what does that mean?"
3284	what gate?
3284	where is it?
3284	who cared about Rumanika?
3284	wo n''t he go back?"