Identifier: trampsroundmoun00john (find matches)
Title: Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State by T. Broadwood Johnson. With an introd. by T.F. Victor Buxton
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson, T. Broadwood
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Publisher: London T.F. Unwin
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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st the Kingpronounced sentence. ^ The ivory belongs to the owner of the pit. Thiswas followed by a violent ^^ Nyanzige, nyanzige,mukama wange (^ Thanks to you continually, thanksto you, my lord ) from the successful applicant, and thecase seemed over, when the rifleman put in the plea,^ Mightnt he have some rupees out of the proceeds ?This gave rise to fresh discussion, and the idea com-mending itself to the company, the judge assigned theamount, which was followed by a further ^ Nyanzige,nyanzige, mukama wange from the man who hadsecured the rupees, and, without hardly a momentsdelay, a new pair of applicants were kneeling in theplaces just left vacant, and were vigorously statingtheir case. All through the morning this was goingon without a break from eight oclock till two in theafternoon ; and it might compare very favourably withjustice administered by a Saxon thane or Normanbaron ; or with proceedings in our present-day courts,where a quibble over a little point of law may at any
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^ ts .s 00 •^ ^J < <u t3 -^ •-j ^ o ^ Q - MAKING FRIENDS 87 moment unexpectedly overturn the plea for justice,and render the judge himself powerless. As we rose and left the court, the weird orchestra ofhorns and drums outside in the next courtyard set upa vigorous confusion of wild blasts and deafening tum-tumming in honour of our departure, each manputting all his energy into his instrument, regardlessof his neighbours. The result was hardly music, yetstrangely in harmony with the swaying motions oftheir bodies with which they accompanied it. Their musical efforts in former days were chieflyassociated with the old heathen worship, and onesoon got to know when a new moon was on the pointof appearing, from the incessant horn blowing anddrum beating which this band kept up all throughthe night within the Kings fence. A suggestion to himlater that it was hardly seemly to keep everybodyawake once a month in memory of the past secureda discontinuance of the practice, and their m

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