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troubles arise from marauders, we, the Belooches, are 

 the fighting men leave that to us." At last the 

 kirangozi, getting quite disconcerted, declared that 

 there was no water on the way. " Then," quoth the 

 energetic jemadar, " were your gourds made for 

 nothing ] If you don't pack up at once, you and my 

 stick shall make acquaintance." The party was then 

 off in a moment. On the way we met some herds- 

 men driving their cattle to Unyanyembe, and inquired 

 from them the state of the road. They said that the 

 country beyond a certain distance was safe and quiet, 

 but corroborated the kirangozi's statement as to war- 

 riors being in the immediate neighbourhood, who 

 came and visited this place from the west, where is 

 the northern extremity of the Msalala district. Seve- 

 ral varieties of antelopes were seen, and the Belooches 

 fired at an ostrich. As in the last place, no milk 

 could be obtained, for the people, fearing the AVa- 

 mandas, had driven off their cattle to the northward. 

 It is evident, from the general nakedness of the people, 

 that cloth or beads do not find their way much here, 

 which is accounted for by so few merchants ever 

 coming this way. Hardly a neck here is decorated, 

 and they seldom wear anything but the common goat- 

 skin covering, hung over the shoulder by a strap or 

 string like a game-bag, which covers only one hip at 

 a time, and might as well be dispensed with as far as 

 decency is concerned ; but at night they take it off, 

 and spread it on the ground to protect themselves 



