Uhha

The first part of the march was through a thin jungle of dwarf trees, which got thinner and thinner until finally it vanished altogether, and we had entered Uhha — a plain country.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

This rather astonished them at first, and they declared it to be impossible; but, finally, after being pressed, they replied, that one of their number should guide us at midnight, or a little after, into the jungle which grew on the frontiers of Uhha and Uvinza.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

About 2 P.M. the messengers returned, saying it was true the chief of Kawanga had taken ten cloths; not, however for the King of Uhha, but for himself!

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

At 9 P.M. sixty-four doti were handed over to Mionvu, for the King of Uhha; six doti for himself, and five doti for his sub; altogether seventy-five doti — a bale and a quarter!

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

Upon my asking them if we could not fight our way through Uhha, they became terror-stricken, and Bombay, in imploring accents, asked me to think well what I was about to do, because it was useless to enter on a war with the Wahha.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

The King of Uhha is strong; yet he wishes friendship only with the white man.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

We were halted on the eastern side of the Pombwe stream, near the village of Lukomo, in Kimenyi, Uhha.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

It was broad daylight now, and our eyes were delighted with most picturesque and sequestered little valleys, where wild fruit-trees grew, and rare flowers blossomed, and tiny brooks tumbled over polished pebbles — where all was bright and beautiful — until, finally, wading through one pretty pure streamlet, whose soft murmurs we took for a gentle welcome, we passed the boundary of wicked Uhha, and had entered

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

Let him look about him everywhere — all is Uhha, and our country extends much further than he can see or walk in a day.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

“Why, we paid last night to the chief of Kawanga, who informed us that he was the man deputed by the King of Uhha to collect the toll.”

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004