In the interim it began to be whispered abroad that I had received plenty
of gold from Salim Daucari, and, on the morning of the 23rd, Sambo Sego
paid me a visit, with a party of horsemen. He insisted upon knowing the
exact amount of the money I had obtained, declaring that whatever the sum
was, one-half of it must go to the king; besides which he intimated that
he expected a handsome present for himself, as being the king’s son, and
for his attendants, as being the king’s relations. I prepared to submit;
and if Salim Daucari had not interposed all my endeavours to mitigate
this oppressive claim would have been of no avail. Salim at last
prevailed upon Sambo to accept sixteen bars of European merchandise, and
some powder and ball, as a complete payment of every demand that could be
made upon me in the kingdom of Kasson.
of gold from Salim Daucari, and, on the morning of the 23rd, Sambo Sego
paid me a visit, with a party of horsemen. He insisted upon knowing the
exact amount of the money I had obtained, declaring that whatever the sum
was, one-half of it must go to the king; besides which he intimated that
he expected a handsome present for himself, as being the king’s son, and
for his attendants, as being the king’s relations. I prepared to submit;
and if Salim Daucari had not interposed all my endeavours to mitigate
this oppressive claim would have been of no avail. Salim at last
prevailed upon Sambo to accept sixteen bars of European merchandise, and
some powder and ball, as a complete payment of every demand that could be
made upon me in the kingdom of Kasson.
