I am afraid this practical state of affairs will be a strong barrier to missionary enterprise.
A savage holds to his cows and his women, but especially to his COWS.

In a razzia fight he will seldom stand for the sake of his wives, but when he does fight it is to save his cattle.
One day, soon after Bokke's visit, I heard that there had been some disaster, and that the whole of Mahommed Her's party had been massacred.
On the following morning I sent ten of my men with a party of Ibrahim's to Latome to make inquiries.

They returned on the following afternoon, bringing with them two wounded men.

It appeared the Mahommed Her had ordered his party of 110 armed men, in addition to 300 natives, to make a razzia upon a certain village among the mountains for slaves and cattle.

They had succeeded in burning a village and in capturing a great number of slaves.