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rewarded liiin with a shukkah for his civility, and he departed January, 

 perfectly delighted. ^^'^^- 



The men whom I sent to the village did not return till after 

 midday. Others, then absent on a hunting expedition, after- 

 ward brought in a zebra ; and the consequent feasting extin- 

 guished all hope of marching until the following day, when 

 we passed through a marsh, and crossed the river flowing by 

 the village of Man Komo. 



Man Komo is protected in front by this river, which was 

 twenty-five feet wide and eight deep, and at the rear by a pre- 

 cipitous rocky hill, on the side of which the principal portion 

 of the place is built. 



Many of the people have appropriated holes and caves in the 

 rocks as residences ; and so difhcult of access and easily defend- . 

 ed is the village, that even Mirambo has been beaten off by the 

 inhabitants, on his attempting to plunder them. 



Representatives from Man Komo, whose errand was to de- 

 mand a mhongo of fifty doti, soon waited upon me, he having 

 heard from Mrima N^gombe's men that similar payments had 

 been made in Ugara. Knowing full well that this demand was 

 an attempt at extortion, Man Komo having never before been 

 given mhongo, I refused to pay any thing, and lectured his 

 messengers on hospitality. 



I told them that since they were well aware that we had been 

 wandering for a considerable time in the jungle, they should 

 properly have brought us a present of food. Had they done 

 so, I should have made Man Komo a handsome present; but 

 now I assured them he would not receive from me even an 

 inch of cloth. 



Two villagers offered for a small |3ayment to direct me to 

 the capital of Uvinza, our next stage, on the road to which they 

 said we should have no difficulty in obtaining supplies. I 

 therefore decided on going forward, and early in the morning 

 when the guides came, faithful to their promise, we started at 

 once. My leg had become so much worse that I was utterly 

 unable to move, and poor Jasmin was so weakened by the want 

 of proper food that he could not bear my weight ; so I slung 

 my iron chair to a pole, and was carried by askari. 



The lecture given to Man Komo, coupled with my speedy 



