Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-25

n !. kira poor H.iuv'f - N~V"Ne'
" &hsllii, one iliIlt WINE we We're
q n Benga. "but ! renieinber what
';imngsuh colonel Snititi re-
= w ,Ir.sa after his return from an
"a v frnntior of lnyuro.
f.'.ph esd that man hat, pn,; s..--.,..
Il 4 g., was ever fpud Of good
q NJ loy,sl 10 question those whom
\ ~ distant countries. until yoii
Y th..re Was nothing left IN
Il "A hearing after he had done
4 Bnt Saruti did not need any
. .isc He talked on and on with
.-,nnr. until Mesa could not sit
n lar Far sheer WEAKNESS. These
4 ,nr The things he said that he had
a nj on his journey. You must moi
MI believe all that he said. An
az 4 that they might have hap
II ~ heen seen 10y many men, but |
u onld quito understand how Saruti
4 MS VI lucky NJ to see all the
4 M talked about Anyhow. he
4 ,,n amusing. and Mtcsa laughed
4 x, many times rs lie listened 10
3tAsla. | ihnl; my charms which
. hther suspended round my neck
\ II ver powerful. am always
hear good stories on my
4 -. SER strange things which no
4 ~ seems to have come across.
n "A This last Journey. by the time
a M Siugo. came 10 little vii.
4 while was drinking banana wine
Ne chief. he told me- that there
4 al Hons near his country who
/ hand Of hycnas to serve us sol
n lpder them. They send them out
4 airs sometimes To one district
4 smelilnrs TO another. to nuryey
4 iar lhrm If the peasants show
4 they 90 back aud report 10 their
\ tx and the lions bring all their
4 r with them, and bother them
4 lby are glad to leave fat bnl.
n ied to q tree as tribute. When
\ lan spe this. they take the bull
4 aai rive aftlcrs That the peasaut
sys his tribute shall he left in
4 N The chief declares this To he a
. ~ be has had Il proof of it re-
\ n.y.
n A ihe next place, which is Nfbagiye.
. r.n BuycyHh, who is in charge.
~ that when lie went q short time
q 70 pay his respects to the NiZ-
4 IN bracle of the district. thnt he
4 iloni h'rly Nokorwa on the road,
. y CLOSE i2}gether Tor snakes. and
tson aS thry saw MN they charg-
hn' nhu would have killed linn
g. Y not run IN tree. He tells me
hngll they are not much bigger
n rilliis they are very savage, aud
f,ellng alone very dangerous.
n my lnuSt ne some kind of
lgN Iernaps inc old men Of
wv may po potter able 10 tell
j. iail thrF are.
n little hoy called Rutnana was
II ~ me. who was said to have
II hlsly playing with a yonug friend
n cnc age AT long stick and little
4 nefau. His friend hit the little
! ~ @nt i a great way, and I,u-
4 ml to fetch IL from the long
1 hhile searching for II one of
4 " @fpents which swallow goats
iA,, chlglt him ana cOiled itself
A hin, though he screamed ont
.le.el ma his stick across his chest
nl,llng hold of each end with n
A NY fast to il until help came,
l,.al nan NJ trcc and only helped
"A Streaming, AZ the serpent could
a sak ihe boys hold of the stick.
NJ unable To crush his ribs; but
n v was rcarly exhausted The vii
,ane ont with spears and shields.
Ree fellows were so stupid that
n Y. npi know how to Kill the ser
.aIii Rliuana shouted to thcm;
Il Draw your bows and shoot linn
A \, me meek, A man stepped for.
lfh ahd when close TO him, pierre
\ I, head with an arrow, aud as The
Z. une9iled Itself to attack the men.
~ icy down. The serpent was
" 'efarel and the hoy was carried
lnlilk that boy will become a
! 4, scpilop
. ie nsAt village the peasants We're
A 4 'h,. s1a''o by u multitude Of snakes
4 1S i4 s0lectcd there for some rea-
ish i R. ~ several long, black snakes
~ NY NV 'akea lodging in the ant hills.
II, S Already killed five cows and
fbs a ~ lskel to attacking travellers
n rL nv 'gti That leads by the ant
a N.Y. spsg al Arab named MassOudi.
v lhssn y yer trouble. undertook to
A h' ne mad some slaves with him