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stolen ; and, in tlie end, I was obliged to part with one of the June, 

 Indian cloths, besides losing the merikani. ^^'^- 



"When Issa arrived, he brought one only of the six stolen 

 goats, although the chief at Mapalatta had given him every as- 

 sistance in looking for them. The others had been carried off 

 by a party of Wadirigo — supjDOsed to be attached to those of 

 whom we had bought them — so that our encouragement of dis- 

 honesty brought its own reward. 



It was not, perhaps, a very correct thing, according to a high 

 code of morality, to become a receiver of stolen goods ; but I 

 thought we might as well accept tlie offer, especially as the 

 original owners, the fugitives whom we met near Lake Ugom- 

 bo, could not have benefited in the slightest degree by our ab- 

 staining from purchasing from the Wadirigo. 



ZIWA, NEAK MPANGA 8ANGA. 



Leaving Mpanga Sanga on the 1st of July, we marched for 

 some hours through jungle with open spaces and ziwas, at the 

 last of which we 'made a midday halt. It was of considerable 

 size, with a goodly number of water-fowl about ; so we launched 

 the boat, -and succeeded in bagging four or five ducks. 



This was a favorite camping-place, and various passing cara- 

 vans had ornamented it with trophies of horns and skulls of 

 buffaloes and antelopes which had been shot when coming to 

 drink. 



In the afternoon we marched on, with scarcely any inter- 

 mission, through a rough country, covered with jungle and for- 



