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Quotation from King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
“No other white man shall cross the mountains, even if any man live to come so far. I will see no traders with their guns and gin. My people shall fight with the spear, and drink water, like their forefathers before them.”
King Solomon's Mines, Chapter XIX, Ignosi's Farewell (Project Gutenberg text (1907 Cassell edition))
Accepting that his friends must go home, Ignosi declares that he will keep his kingdom closed to outsiders.
Citation: "No other white man shall cross the mountains, even if any man live to come so far. I will see no traders with their guns and gin. My people shall fight with the spear, and drink water, like their forefathers before them." — H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Chapter XIX, Ignosi's Farewell (Project Gutenberg text (1907 Cassell edition)). (id king-solomons-mines-q6)
Portrait: Henry Rider Haggard 03, Bain News Service, Public domain.
