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taught prudence, unless under daily surveillance. 

 I went down the mountain next morning, and 

 called on Tengetenge, who had of course tied. 

 On the way I came across the missing third man, 

 who had been wounded very severely in the back, 

 and took him on with me. He was called Mabruki 

 Manyuema, and had all the stubborn endurance 

 and pluck which porters of this race often show, 

 but along with this the corresponding evil qualities. 

 He was always anxious to steal and bully the 

 natives. It is no fanciful theory but a definite 

 fact, which I have often noticed when dealing with 

 raw tribes, that those which are the most difficult, 

 restless and unscrupulous raiders, become, when 

 well brought under control, the very finest races. 

 It is only necessary to mention the Zulus and the 

 Sikhs, as compared with the Fingoes and Hindus, 

 to see the truth of this generalisation. 



Mabruki Manyuema, I am glad to say, reached 

 Ujiji with me, and went to the coast. 



I will again draw attention to the curious coinci- 

 dence that this attack took place very nearly on the 

 exact site of Emin's camp, just as the other in 

 Ankole was where I crossed Langheld's route. 



Perhaps I may here call attention to the curious 

 difference between the English and German 

 Governments. These two large armed German 

 expeditions passed through our sphere of influence 

 without saying a word to the English authorities ; 

 they attacked natives and made, as I have good 



