II.] 



ENGAGING PAGAZI. 



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welcomed by our men, who had, wonderful to relate, kept out 

 of mischief during our absence. 



Without delay we settled down to work, and re-entered with 

 unflagging zeal into the task of engaging pagazi, the rapid ap- 

 proach of the rainy season, or Masika, which would render trav- 

 eling more difficult, making every day's delay an important 

 matter. I numbered the rifles which had been supplied to the 

 expedition by the War Office, and served them out to the men, 

 who were exceedingly proud of being armed with European 

 guns ; and I may add that during the whole expedition they 

 kept their arms, under very trying circumstances^ in a condi- 

 tion that would be a credit to any soldier. 



February, 

 1873. 



VIEW IN HAGAMOYO. 



Finding that pagazi came forward very slowly, and that those 

 actually engaged could never be collected together, I resolved 

 to form a camp a short distance out in the country to prove 

 that we intended to start immediately, and that therefore noth- 

 ing would be gained by men holding back with the hope that 

 higher rates of pay might be offered. By this means I also 

 hoped to introduce some form of discipline into the heteroge- 

 neous mass of which our party was composed. With this object, 

 Dillon and I went out prospecting, and fixed on a lovely spot, 



