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bomas (palisading) than is usual in Africa, arguing 

 that they are a rougher and more warlike people than 

 the generality. If shoved aside, or pushed with a 

 stick, they show their savage nature by turning 

 fiercely like a fatted pig upon whoever tries to poke 

 it up. 



On the 24th the march commenced at 7 A.M., and 

 here we again left the direct road to avoid a third party 

 of belligerent Wamandas, situated in the northern 

 extremity of the Msalala district, on the highway 

 between Unyanyembe and the Lake. On bidding 

 the sultan adieu, he was very urgent in his wishes 

 that I should take a bullock from him. This I told 

 him I should willingly have accepted, only that it 

 would delay my progress ; and he, more kindly than 

 the other chief, excused me. Finding that none of 

 our party knew the road, he advanced a short way 

 with us, and generously offered to furnish us with a 

 guide to the Lake and back, saying that he would 

 send one of his own men after us to a place he ap- 

 pointed with my kirangozi. I expressed my gratitude 

 for his thoughtful consideration, and we parted with 

 warm regard for one another. Unfortunately, Bom- 

 bay, who is not the clearest man in the world in ex- 

 pressing himself, stupidly bungled the sultan's arrange- 

 ment, and we missed the man. To keep the pagazis 

 going was a matter of no little difficulty : after the 

 fifth mile they persisted in entering every village that 

 they came across, and throwing down their loads, 



