CONTENTS. XI 



serters. — A Pleasant March. — Village Clubs. — A Visit to Murphy. — The Mann^er i874. 



of transporting Livingstone's Body. — Capture of a Thief. — I reduce my Kit. — A 



Dirty and Drunken Chief. — Muscat Donkeys. — The Road blocked Page 125 



CHAPTER XI. 



Driven back to Hisinene. — A Miserable Christmas. — Superstitions regarding Snakes. 

 — Customs of the People. — Dancing, — Cooking Arrangements. — Storing Corn. — 

 Their Huts. — Food. — Curing. — Provisions. — Cloth - making. — Grinding Corn. — 

 Tribal Marks. — Hair-dressing. — Warned against Mirambo. — A Spy shot. — On the 

 Road again. — A Hospitable Old Lady. — Missing the Way. — Sack -making. — An 

 Elopement. — Disordered State of the Country. — The South Ngombe. — A Day's 

 Shooting. — A Hunter's Story 138 



CHAPTER XII. 



Ugara. — ^A Ludicrous Sight. — Mirambo's Head-quarters. — Destruction and Desola- 

 tion. — The Havoc of the Slave-trade. — A Field for England's Labors. — Leo sur- 

 prises the Natives. — Leg Ornaments. — Liowa. — My Pets. — A Lawless Set of Ruf- 

 fians. — Heavy Rains. — Bee-nesting. — A Stampede. — Lost in Jungle. — A Panic. — 

 Rocky Residences. — An Attempt at Extortion. — I give a Lecture on Hospitality. — 

 Its Good Effect. — Nothing to Eat. — " Jasmin " Dtes. — Tameness of my Goat. — 

 Unfriendly Villages. — A Buffalo-charge 150 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Floating Islands. — Their Origin and Growth. — Crossing the Sindi. — TJvinza. — A 

 Cordial Reception. — Strange Economy. — A Boy Chief. — Curious Visitors. — Cere- 

 monious Salutation. — Tattooing. — TJgaga. — Approach of Mirambo, — On our De- 

 fense. — Destruction of Several Villages. — Ferry Charges. — A Host of Claimants. — 

 The Malagarazi Ferry. — Sambo's Cookery. — Salt-making, — A Considerable Trade. 

 — Liquid Snuff. — A Droll Sight. — My Faithful Leo dies. — A Wild Beast in Camp. 

 — Sighting Tanganyika. — Arrival at Kawele 161 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Recovery of Livingstone's Papers. — Robbery of my Stores. — Punishment of a Thief. 

 — Difficulty in sending the Journals to the East Coast. — The Traders of Kawele. — 

 The Native Dress and Ornaments. — Their Markets. — Warundi Body-coloring. — 

 Products of the District. — Their Currency. — Hiring Boats. — Curious Mode of Pay- 

 ment. — Fitting-out. — I am thought "Unlucky," — My Guides desert Me. — "Negro 

 Melodists." — Sailing away on the Tanganyika.— Devils' Dwellings. — Propitiating 

 the Spirits. — Slave-hunters 173 



CHAPTER XV. 



Profitable Slave - buying. — Street Acrobats. — War-paint. — A Bad Night. — Cowardly 

 Boat's Crews. — Kabogo. — A Public Entertainment. — Stealing Men's Brains. — 

 Coal. — A Honey Demon. — A Plague of Frogs. — Enlargement of the Lake. — Massi 

 Kambi. — An Optical Illusion. — Many Devils. — One of my Men shoots Himself. — 

 Doctors differ. — Curious Hair-oil. — The Chief of Makukira. — His Dress. — Wives. 

 — Dolls. — Infantine Taste for Drink. — Cotton Manufacture. — Spread of the Slave- 

 trade. — The Watuta. — Customs and Dress. — Twins 184 



