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10th September. — Some people of Ujiji have come to 

 Nsama's to buy ivory Avitk beads, but, finding that the 

 Arabs have forestalled them in the market, they intend to 

 return in their dhow, or rather canoe, which is manned by 

 about fifty hands. My goods are reported safe, and the 

 meat of the buffaloes which died in the way is there, and 

 sun-dried. I sent a box, containing papers, books, and some 

 clothes, to Ujiji. 



14ili September. — I remained at Hara, for I was ill, and 

 Hamees had no confidence in Nsama, because he promised 

 his daughter to wife by way of cementing the peace, but 

 had not given her. Nsama also told Hamees to stay at 

 Hara, and he would send him ivory for sale, but none came, 

 nor do people come here to sell provisions, as they do else- 

 where; so Hamees will return to Chitimba's, to guard his 

 people and property there, and send on Syde Hamidi and 

 his servants to Lopere, Kabuire, and Moero, to buy ivory. 

 He advised me to go with them, as he has no confidence in 

 Nsama ; and Hamidi thought that this was the plan to be 

 preferred : it would be slower, as they would purchase ivory 

 on the road, but safer to pass his country altogether than 

 trust myself in his power. 



The entire population of the country has received a 

 shock from the conquest of Nsama, and their views of the 

 comparative values of bows and arrows and guns have 

 undergone a great change. Nsama was the Napoleon of 

 these countries ; no one could stand before him, hence the 

 defeat of the invincible Nsama has caused a great panic. 

 The Arabs say that they lost about fifty men in all : Nsama 

 must have lost at least an equal number. The people seem 

 intelligent, and will no doubt act on the experience so dearly 

 bought. 



In the midst of the doubts of Hamees a daughter of 

 Nsama came this afternoon to be a wife and cementer of 

 the peace! She came riding "pickaback" on a man's 



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