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was not allowed to remain there by his own com- 

 patriots, and attempted to reach the Wahehe, then 

 at war with the Germans, but was not allowed to 

 pass through the territory of quite an insignificant 

 little people on the road. He then turned south 

 towards British Central Africa and apparently 

 entered Portuguese territory, and has now reached 

 Zanzibar. 



In fact, in the whole of German and Belgian 

 territory the Arabs are almost completely absent. 

 There are some still at Kitangule, Eumonge, Ujiji, 

 and perhaps one or two other places in the whole 

 German sphere ; in the extreme south-east and 

 north-east of Belgian territory there are also a few, 

 but their teeth are drawn and they are unhappy. 



Formerly they used to obtain by credit (at 33 

 per cen^. interest) a supply of guns and powder, 

 cloth, and ruffians from Zanzibar. Their caravan 

 then proceeded inland and finally reached some 

 native chief, who received a present ; he gave 

 them in return a few slaves costing nothing and, 

 of course, asked for help against some enemy of 

 his. 



Such raids are secretly planned several months 

 before they come off. When the force actually 

 starts it travels at the rate of 30 or more miles 

 a day. On the first news of arrival every one 

 Hies to the bush, for such raids are only 

 undertaken with quite overwhelming superiority 

 in numbers. Those who do resist are speared ; 



