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June, tering in the sun from the number of particles of quartz held 

 1874. ]j^ suspension. Thus far we had skirted the base of the land- 

 ward spurs of the southern end of the mountains of Ugoma ; 

 but now they were left, and a small independent line of hills 

 was before us, forming the water-shed between the Lugumba 

 and Lukuga. 



A painful accident occurred to one of the pagazi, when cross- 

 ing a deep but narrow nullah. He unfortunately stumbled, 

 and, in falling forward, one of the sticks forming the cradle of 

 his load ran into his eye, completely destroying the eyeball and 

 lacerating the lid. I wished to apply a cold-water dressing, but 

 he said he wanted "stronger medicine" than water; so I hand- 

 ed him over to the care of a native doctor in a village near the 

 camp. His treatment consisted of a plaster of mud and dirt, 

 and his fee was forty strings of beads. 



As this poor fellow was totally incapacitated from carrying a 

 load, and some other men were suffering from the effects of ex- 

 cesses at Ujiji, I tried to procure the services of some Waguhha 

 as carriers to Meketo, where our next halt was to be. Some 

 volunteered, to go, but afterward hauled off ; so I served out 

 more beads as rations, making an advance till the end of Jnly, 

 and redistributed, loads, giving the sick men light weights, ac- 

 cording to their powers. A sharp touch of fever, brought on 

 by exposure to the sun on the march from Ruanda, added great- 

 ly to the worry and trouble I experienced in managing matters. 



From this place we moved, on the 5th of June, for Meketo. 

 On our two days' journey we passed over many hills, and 

 crossed rivulets flowing into the Lugumba and Lukuga, the val- 

 ley of which could be plainly seen running away to the west- 

 south-west. From the highest of these hills — the day before 

 reaching Meketo — I had a last view of the Tanganyika, a patch 

 of bright blue, backed by sombre masses of mountains near Has 

 Kungwe. We saw many tracks of big game ; and where a large 

 herd of elephants had passed, the scene of destruction was 

 amazing. 



A small Init dishonest party of Warua, carrying oil to the 

 lake to exchange for the salt of Uvinza, camped near us; and 

 in the morning all my goats, excepting Dinah and one given 

 me at Ujiji, were missing. The Warua had also departed. 



