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CHAPTEE V. 



Crosses Cape Maclear. The havildar demoralised. The discomfited chief. 

 Reaches Marenga's town. The earth-sponge. Description of Marenga's 

 town. Rumours of Mazitn. Musa and the Johanna men desert. 

 Reaches Kimsusa's. His delight at seeing the Doctor once more. 

 The fat ram. Kimsusa relates his experience of Livingstone's advice. 

 Chuma finds relatives. Kimsusa solves the transport difficulty nobly. 

 Another old fishing acquaintance. Description of the people and 

 country on the west of the Lake. The Kanthundas. Kauma. Iron- 

 smelting. An African Sir Colin Campbell. Milandos. 



21st September, 1866. — We marched westwards, making 

 across the base of Cape Maclear. Two men employed as 

 guides and carriers, went along grumbling that their dignity 

 was so outraged by working — " only fancy Waiyau carrying 

 like slaves ! ! " They went but a short distance, and took ad- 

 vantage of my being in front to lay down the loads, one of 

 which consisted of the havildar's bed and cooking things ; 

 here they opened the other bundle and paid themselves — 

 the gallant havildar sitting and looking on. He has never 

 been of the smallest use, and lately has pretended to myste- 

 rious pains in his feet ; no swelling or other symptom accom- 

 panied this complaint. On coming to Pima's village he ate 

 a whole fowl and some fish for supper, slept soundly till 

 daybreak, then on awaking commenced a furious groaning — 

 " his feet were so bad." I told him that people usually 

 moaned when insensible, but he had kept quiet till he 

 awaked ; he sulked at this, and remained all day, though 

 I sent a man to carry his kit for him, and when he came 



