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who have known him, sang his praises. He brought 

 down a beautiful musical-box, which was highly 

 prized by him, and in return I had to play him a tune 

 on the cornet. 



At 2.30 P.M. we arrived at Shupanga, and built a 

 hut over the bank, directly under Shupanga House. 

 In the evening we crossed the river to buy pro- 

 visions ; and here again found the people in great 

 want, both of clothes and food. On our return 

 to camp by moonlight, we heard that Johnghiti had 

 nearly recovered from the terrible wounds he had 

 received while elephant hunting, but was still unable 

 to stir. 



I remained three days hunting here, and enjoyed 

 capital sport. The forests on the west bank swarm 

 with all kinds of antelopes. My object in shooting 

 them was to leave a supply of meat with the families 

 of the Shupanga men, who were really badly off even 

 for food, and consequently nothing was spared. The 

 bag, when leaving, consisted of two sable antelopes 

 (agocerus niger), magnificent beasts, five hartebeests, 

 seven bush-bock, a sassaby (damalis lunatus), and two 

 pigs. In one day I bagged eight of these. A very fine 

 waterbuck was killed by one of my men. The Shu- 

 panga men were delighted. 



The day after my arrival at Shupanga, Mr. Young 

 passed through on his way down to Senna, and re- 

 ported the death of a very fine bull hippopotamus. 

 During my stay I received some present daily from 

 Jose, such as pork, cakes, wine, &c., and twice he 

 came to see me. 



On the 8th November we left Shupanga for the Kon- 



