20 TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND SPORT. 



ferent families uncles and cousins occupying some, 

 whilst slaves and their relatives live in others. Be- 

 sides this, they have their cattle-yards. If the site of 

 the village be on moist or soft ground, it is usual, in 

 addition to the palisading, to have it further fortified 

 by a moat or evergreen fence. 



We left Unyambewa at 7 A.M. on the 15th, and 

 reached a village in the Ibanda district, having 

 marched seven miles over flat ground, growing fine 

 crops in some places, with the remainder covered by 

 the usual slender forest -trees. The road was very 

 good and regular. In the afternoon the three porters 

 arrived with the sultana's bullock, and were attended 

 by her nephew and managing man, and by some of her 

 slaves as drivers. The nephew asked first for some 

 more presents in her name ; as this was refused, he 

 requested something for the drivers. I gave them a 

 cloth, and he then pleaded for himself, as he had 

 sacrificed so much time and trouble for me. I satis- 

 fied him with one fundo of beads (a bunch of beads 

 sufficient to form ten khetes or necklaces), and we 

 parted : a full khete is a string of beads double the 

 length of the forerarm, or sufficiently long to encircle 

 the neck twice. The Belooches, finding that nothing 

 but the coarsest grains were obtainable with the white 

 beads they had received, petitioned for and obtained 

 a shukka, but under the proviso of their always assist- 

 ing me to urge on the lazy porters. This they not 

 only agreed to do, but also declared themselves will- 



