H。M。Stanley，ThroughtheDarkContinent，ii。388:\"OnthethirddayofourstayatMowafeelingquitecomfortableamongstthepeople，onaccountoftheirfriendlybearing，Ibegantowriteinmynote-bookthetermsforarticles，inordertoimprovemyalreadycopiousvocabularyofnativewords。
IhadproceededonlyafewminuteswhenIobservedastrangecommotionamongstthepeoplewhohadbeenflockingaboutme，andpresentlytheyransway。Inashorttimeweheardwar-criesringingloudlyandshrillyoverthetable-land。Twohoursafterwardsalonglineofwarriorswereseendescendingthetable-landandadvancingtowardsourcamp。Theremayhavebeenbetweenfiveandsixhundredofthem。We，ontheotherhand，hadmadebutfewpreparationsexceptsuchaswouldjustifyusreplyingtothemintheeventoftheactualcommencementofhostilities。ButIhadmademanyfirmfriendsamongthemandIhardlybelievedthatIshouldbeabletoavertanopenrupture。Whentheyhadassembledataboutahundredyardsinfrontofourcamp，SafeniandIwalkeduptowardsthemandsatdownmidway。Somehalf-dozenoftheYowapeoplecamenear，andtheshauribegan。，’
\"’Whatisthematter，myfriends？’Iasked。’Whydoyoucomewithgunsinyourhands，insuchnumbers，asthoughyouwerecomingtofight？Fight？
fightus，yourfriends！Tut！Ithisissomegreatmistake，surely。’
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