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enters the " douar "* or " goorbie "f of another, as he 

 goes in he addresses the inmates with the salutation, 

 *'SalaamAnicum," whereupon the senior of those with- 

 in bids him '' Allicum salaam." This mode of saluta- 

 tion is precisely the same as that with which an Irish- 

 man enters a friend's cabin, " God save all here," 

 invariably answered with '' God save you kind- 

 ly." This man stated that the Arab traders in human 

 flesh were at the other side of the lake with their 

 dhows, and that they would not be back till next 

 moon ; and assuming an attitude which no doubt he 

 fancied gave him an air of importance, he endeavoured 

 to astound us, as well as shake our nervous systems, 

 by informing us that he had been left in charge dur- 

 ing his master s absence. The cause of our visit hav- 

 ing been explained to him, he seemed to take an in- 

 terest in the subject — saying he knew nothing of the 

 white man we spoke of himself, not having been 

 here long, but he had heard the people in the village 

 talking often about one. He then sent for several 

 men who he thought could tell us something. Two 

 soon answered his summons, one of them a very in- 

 telligent youth of about twenty years. He said a 

 white man had been here about a year ago ; that he 

 had come from Pamquala, and endeavoured to get a 

 boat from the Arabs in which to cross the lake ; but 

 as all the boats were away at the time, he returned 

 to Pamquala. Here exactly the same description 

 was given of Livingstone as that which we had re- 

 ceived at Pamquala, with the exception that they 

 only remembered the name of the smaller boy, Juma. 



* A hut built of timber and thatched. f A kind of tent. 



