578 "CHRISTMAS COME AGAIN." 



which was crossed on the 12th, though Chisabi, who was in 

 authority east of the Lokinda, had not joined the rest of the 

 Baberaba in their war on the Arabs. It seemed unsafe for the 

 doctor to go on alone, and he endured the delays and mortifica- 

 tions of this strange company as patiently as possible. Every 

 day brought its fresh grievances to the traders in the escape of 

 their slaves. The prettier women were peculiarly successful in 

 making their escape. They knew well how to move the hearts 

 of their masters by their charms, and no sooner was the yoke 

 lifted in answer to their entreaties and promises, than they 

 bounded away like frightened roes through the tall grass and 

 were lost to view. 



Christmas came again, and still he had not seen Ujiji or letters 

 from the far away friends who had been so long mourning him 

 as dead. He slaughtered a favorite goat to make a Christmas 

 dinner for his little party, which had now resumed its old ap- 

 pearance by the repentance of all the men who had been tempted 

 from their duty by the old prisoner of Casembe. A few days 

 more and he was spending the last day of 1868 on the bank of 

 the Lofuko, close by the great Lake Tanganyika, surrounded 

 by lovely scenery and filled with gratitude for the deliverances 

 of the year, and the important discoveries which he had been 

 allowed to make. 



