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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...mume akuoze. Niondokelee mbele ya uso, sipendi kukuona. Akaondoka mkewe, akamwambia, vijana hawa hawaendei kutazama huu mtende, kwenda kucheza na kulala. Wallakini tufanyeje? Na tungoje hatta safari hii tena uzaapo. Akakaa Sultani muda miezi mingi kupita. Mtende ukazaa; akaletewa khabari shamba na nokoa wake, Bwana, mtende umezaa. Umezaa kama mwaka jana, ao mwaka huu zayidi? Amwambia, Bwana, kitu kikiwe kidogo, mtu hakitumaini, kama mtu anakitumaini kitu kilicho kidogo ningekwambia bwana, mtende huu ni nyingi kuliko miaka yote, wallakini ni kitu cha kupukutika, lakini na tutazame hatta zitakapopea. Amwambia, vema, ukiziona zinapokwanza kuanguka na mapooza, njoo nambie. Akamwambia, Inshallah, bwana. present me with." And he said, "What sort of gifts are they which make you weep so excessively?" And he said, "Father told me he would marry me to a beautiful wife, that he would make me a marriage-feast of four months, and he told me that he should know that I was his son; now of all these three, I have not got one, now can I help but weep at missing these? Well then, I will go and give him my answer." It was afternoon when he went to his father, and says to him, "Father, Masalkheir t" good afternoon, without his father's answering him. And he was silent. And he said, "Where are the dates?" And he said, "The dates father? The dates are already eaten by the bird." And he said, "Go and tell your mother inside to give you a headkerchief, and put it on, to give you a mask, and put it on, to give you kanzu and trousers, and put them on, to give you a veil to cover yourself with, and then let her look out for a husband, and marry you. Go away from before my face, I hate to see you." And his wife arose, a...
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