DISCOVERY OF THE VICTORIA N*YANZA. 35 



I offered him a handful of beads, upon which the 

 greedy little urchin snatched them from my hand 

 with all the excited eagerness of a monkey. He 

 clenched tight hold of them in his little fists, and, 

 without the slightest show of any emotions of grati- 

 tude, retired, carrying his well-earned prize away with 

 a self-satisfied and perfectly contented air, not even 

 showing the beads to his parents or playmates. I 

 called Bombay's attention to this transaction, and 

 contrasted it with the joyful, grateful manner in 

 which an English child would involuntarily act if 

 suddenly become possessed of so much wealth, by 

 hurrying off to his mamma, and showing what fine 

 things the kind gentleman had given him. Bombay 

 passed on my remark with a twelvemonth's grin upon 

 his face, to his inquiring brother Mabruk, and then 

 explained the matter to his sooty friends around, 

 declaring that such tumma (avaricious) propensities 

 were purely typical of the Seedi's nature. At the 

 usual hour of departure this morning, the kirangozi 

 discovered that the pagazis' feet were sore from the 

 late long marches, and declared that they could not 

 walk. To this the jemadar replied that the best 

 asylum for such complaints was on ahead, where the 

 sahib proposed to kill some goats and rest a day. 

 The kirangozi replied, " But the direct road is blocked 

 up by wars ; if a march must be made, I will show 

 another route three marches longer round." " That," 

 answered the jemadar, " is not your business ; if any 



