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Such excellent progress was made, that on May 2d the expedi- 

 tion approached Ubagwe, which is the capital of the Watuta 

 country. This tribe is composed of genuine Ishmaels, for their 

 hands are against every man, and every man's hand appears to 

 be against them. The Arabs kill "Watutas as they do snakes, and 



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it may be also said that the Watutas kill Arabs in the same way. 

 In passing through the country of this ferocious people there is 

 need for coolness and bravery, for a show of force will not intim- 

 idate thenio They cultivate their fields with spear in hand , alwavs 



WATUTA WARIOR. 



prepared to fight. Fortunately Stanley was skilful enough to 

 evade their village, and passed through the country undiscovered. 

 On the 27th of May the expedition reached Ujiji, having 

 skirted Lake Tanganika from the northern point where theRusizi 

 river empties into it. No great changes had occurred, except the 

 ever-changing mud tembes of the Arabs. The square or plaza 

 where Stanley met Livingstone in November, 1871, was now 

 occupied by large tembes. The house where they lived had long 

 ago been burnt down, and in its place there remained only a few 

 embers and a hideous void. 



