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Title: Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 Simon, Eugène, 1848-1924 Pocock, R. I. (Reginald Innes), 1863-1947 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932 Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932 Crick, G. C. (George Charles), 1856-1917 Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 Jordan, Karl, 1861-1959
Subjects: Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Natural history
Publisher: London, New York : E. Arnold, 1897
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easy shooting dis-tance with their bows and arrows, they were levelling theirweapons at us. It seemed beyond the realms of possibil-ity that we could avert a fight. Every instant each one ofus felt that he would be riddled with poisoned arrows ; butall the time there were a few old men rushing about fromwarrior to warrior and holding them back just as they wereon the point of shooting. Many a young wife came out,too, and implored her husband not to fight. At last manyof the warriors became calmed down, and came over withthe old men to have a conference with us. The shauriwas loni2; and excitinsf- In order to appear friendly, I had to sit with my inter-preter very close to the large body of natives, — all of themwell armed with spears, as well as bows and arrows. Manytimes the younger warriors would point at me insultinglyand then threaten to shoot, so that my position was uncom-fortable in the extreme. The result of the conferencecame to this: The natives promised to provide me with
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DESCRIPTION OF THE ARBORE. 261 guides as far as the Burle, a tribe living a couple ofmarches to the north, and also to sell plenty of animals thenext day. I told them that I never fought natives unlessthey attacked me first, and that I was not going to forcethcni to do anything they did not wish, but that I hadmerclv come to ask them to sell me their animals.

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