io8 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



bwana had issued orders he was going to sleep till 3 :oo 

 p. M. Sat down at front door till three, when bugles 

 blew and nothing else happened. Saw my man at 3 125 

 in his office. Gave him the correspondence,* which he 

 read, carefully returned to me, and said never a word. 

 Found he had not acted on my letter to him re porters 

 and food for guides. Got him to give the necessary 

 orders at once. Porters (fifteen) certainly available; 

 food very scarce owing to failure of last year's rains; 

 Wanderobo guides most unlikely to procure, and if 

 obtained would bolt in a day or so. After I left him I 

 got M 'ganga to go and hunt the askari, who was sent 

 for the derobo, and promise him 10 Rs if he brought me 

 two derobo by to-morrow night. 



Maps unknown here. The office had only one traced 

 map of very poor character on the district only. No 

 maps procurable at Shirati, Mwansa, or Arusha. The 

 only way to get any is to apply to Daressalaam. We 

 must make a copy at Shirati if possible. 



Mail and post. Stamps unknown here. No reg- 

 ular mail service. Officer sends his mail when he likes 

 to Mwansa and will accept ours at our risk. Will give 

 them to-morrow. Mail to be sent off in six days and 

 occupy six days to reach Mwansa. 



Steamer time-table.] Nothing known about sailings. 

 Says that the dates are continually being altered. (This 



* Letters from Berlin, etc., instructing all oflScials to aid us. 

 t Victoria Nyanza. 



