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CHAPTER IX. 



Unyanyembe. — Morning Calls. — Excessive Hospitality. — The Fighting Mirambo. — 

 The Origin of the Struggle. — The Garrison of Unyanyembe. — Atrocities. — Kidnap- 

 ing our Pagazi. — A Letter from Sir S.Baker. — Communication with Mtesa. — A 

 Difficulty in his Conversion to Mohammedanism. — Gross Outrage upon a Pagazi. — 

 Mutiny among the Askari. — The Unpleasantness of the Situation. — Our Troubles 

 and Worries. — Fever and Blindness. — Desertion of Pagazi. — Consequent Expense. 

 — Kindness of the Arabs. — An Auction. — Public Sale of Slaves. — The Death of 

 Livingstone. 



August, In answer to our formal announcement of arrival, we re- 



1873. ceived a letter the following morning from Said ibn Salim, the 

 governor, inviting us to breakfast with him, and stating that he 

 had placed a house at our disposal during our stay at Unyan- 

 yembe. We at once proceeded to his residence at Kwikunih, 

 and were welcomed most warmly, and found prepared for us a 

 capital breakfast of curried fowl, wheat-cakes, butter, milk, cof- 

 fee, and tea. To this meal we did such ample justice that I 

 fancy we must have rather astonished our host. 



Our appetites being appeased, the governor, accomj)anied by 

 many other Arabs, who had gathered together to welcome us, 

 conducted us to the house in Kwiharah, and, when we had been 

 shown over the premises, left us to make ourselves comfortably 

 at home. The house — which had previously been lent to Liv- 

 ingstone and Stanley — was a large and substantial building of 

 mud bricks, with a flat roof. The interior arrangements will 

 be understood by reference to the plan on the following page. 



Our first business was to pay and discharge the pagazi whom 

 we had engaged to accompany us thus far, after which only 

 thirteen bales of cloth remained. 



In the afternoon Said ibn Salim called to acquaint us that on 

 the morrow we should pay visits to the principal Arabs, and 

 that the most convenient arrangement would be for us to com- 

 mence the day by breakfasting with him. 



