Like its wicked
Priest, it has been there from the beginning and will always be there
unless it is killed. But who is there that can kill the White Devil?"
I thought to myself that I would not mind trying, but again I did not
pursue the point.
"My brother Dogeetah and lords," exclaimed Bausi, "it is not possible
that you should visit these wizards except at the head of an army. But
how can I send an army with you, seeing that the Mazitu are a land
people and have no canoes in which to cross the great lake, and no
trees whereof to make them?"
We answered that we did not know but would think the matter over, as
we had come from our own place for this purpose and meant to carry it
out.
Then the audience came to an end, and we returned to our huts, leaving
Dogeetah to converse with his "brother Bausi" on matters connected
with the latter's health. As I passed Babemba I told him that I should
like to see him alone, and he said that he would visit me that evening
after supper. The rest of the day passed quietly, for we had asked
that people might be kept away from our encampment.
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