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11th April. — I had to leave the camels in the hands of 

 the sepoys : I ordered them to bring as little luggage as 

 possible, and the Havildar assured me that two buffaloes 

 were amply sufficient to carry all they would bring. I now 

 find that they have more than full loads for two buffaloes, 

 two mules, and two donkeys; but when these animals fall 

 down under them, they assure me with so much positiveness 

 that they are not overloaded, that I have to be silent, or 

 only, as I have several times done before, express the opinion 

 that they will kill these animals. This observation on my 

 part leads them to hide their things in the packs of the 

 camels, which also are over-burdened. I fear that my ex- 

 periment with the tsetse will be vitiated, but no symptoms 

 yet occur in any of the camels except weariness.* The sun 

 is very sharp ; it scorches. Nearly all the sepoys had fever, 

 but it is easily cured ; they never required to stop marching, 

 and we cannot make over "four or five miles a day, which 

 movement aids in the cure. In all cases of fever removal 

 from the spot of attack should be made : after the fever 

 among the sepoys, the Nassick boys took their turn along 

 with the Johannees. 



18th April. — Ben Ali misled us away up to the north 

 in spite of my protest, when we turned in that direction ; 

 he declared that was the proper path. We had much wood- 

 cutting, and found that our course that day and next was 

 to enable him to visit and return from one of his wives — 

 a comely Makonde woman ! He brought her to call on me, 

 and I had to be polite to the lady, though we lost a day by 

 the zigzag. This is one way by which the Arabs gain in- 

 fluence ; a great many very light-coloured people are strewed 

 among the Makonde, but only one of these had the Arab 



* Dr. Livingstone was anxious to try camels and Indian buffaloes in a 

 tsetse country to see the effect upon them. 



