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FLbruarv, to disciiss meaiis of sending to Unyanyembe. I found this long 

 1874. waiting and conversation rather purgatorial ; for, having had 

 nothing to eat that day, I was very hungry, besides being thor- 

 oughly tired, and wet from wading through a swamp just be- 

 fore reaching the boats. My patience ^vas rewarded, however, 

 for, after enjoying a comfortable wash and shift into dry clothes, 

 I found prepared for me such a meal as I had not seen since 

 partaking of Said ibn Salim's hospitality. 



