"Musgu" Quotes from Famous Books
... came down bearing leopard-skins, honey, and slaves as peace offerings, as also asses and goats, with which the mountains abound. They, however, on this occasion, were not destined to suffer. The people of Musgu, whose country it had been reported that the Arabs were to plunder, sent two hundred slaves and other presents to the sultan. As they entered and left the palace they threw themselves on the ground, pouring sand on their heads, and ... — Great African Travellers - From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley • W.H.G. Kingston |