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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap 



June, 



1874. 



the Rubumba, excepting the last — the Katamba — which ran 

 south, toward tlie valley of the Luknga. 



Near some villages were small iron-foundries, and in danger- 

 ous proximity to the path there were many pits, from which 

 the ore, a kind of red hematite, is obtained. 



The caravan awaiting us at Pakhundi consisted of Muinyi 

 Ilassani and his people ; a party under charge of a slave of 

 Syde ibn Habib ; and two small traders, Muinyi Brahim and 

 Muinyi Bokhari. The two latter had each only about a dozen 

 men, while the remainder, about two hundred and fifty in num- 

 ber, were equally divided between Muinyi Hassani and Syde 

 ibn Ilabib's slave. There were also a few freedmen, smiths 

 and carpenters, traveling on their own account with one or 

 two slaves. 



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