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views, poijited out to them that they were really more 

 bound to do my business than their own, as they had 

 engaged to do so, and since they could never have 

 come there at all excepting through my influence and 

 by niy cloths ; further, if they bought their hoes then, 

 they would have to carry them all the way to the Lake 

 and back. The kirangozi acknowledged the fairness 

 of this harangue, and soon gave way ; but it was not 

 until much more arguing, and the adoption of other 

 persuasive means, that the rest were induced to 

 relinquish their determination. 



This day's march (1st August), commenced at 6 

 A.M., differs but little from the last. Following down 

 the creek which, gradually increasing in breadth as it 

 extended northwards, was here of very considerable 

 dimensions, we saw many little islands, well-wooded 

 elevations, standing boldly out of its waters, which, 

 together with the hill-dotted country around, afforded 

 a most agreeable prospect. Would that my eyes had 

 been strong enough to dwell, unshaded, upon such 

 scenery ! but my French grey spectacles so excited the 

 crowds of sable gentry who followed the caravan, and 

 they were so boisterously rude, stooping and peering 

 underneath my wide-awake to gain a better sight of 

 my double eyes, as they chose to term them, that it 

 became impossible for me to wear them. I therefore 

 pocketed the instrument, closed my eyes, and allowed 

 the donkey I was riding to be quietly pulled along. 

 The evil effects of granting an indulgence to those 



