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only bringing up the rear, and helping anyone who may 

 be sick. The distances travelled were quite as much as 

 the masters or we could bear. Had frequent halts been 

 made — as, for instance, a half or a quarter of an hour at 

 the end of every hour or two — but little distress would 

 have been felt ; but five hours at a stretch is more than 

 men can bear in a hot climate. The female slaves held 

 on bravely ; nearly all carried loads on their heads, the 

 head, or lady of the party, who is also the wife of the Arab, 

 was the only exception. She had a fine white shawl, with 

 ornaments of gold and silver on her head. These ladies 

 had a jaunty walk, and never gave in on the longest march ; 

 many pounds' weight of fine copper leglets above the ankles 

 seemed only to help the sway of their walk : as soon as they 

 arrive at the sleeping-place they begin to cook, and in this 

 art they show a good deal of expertness, making savoury 

 dishes for their masters out of wild fruits and other not 

 very likely materials. 



3rd November.— The ranges of hills retire as we advance ; 

 the soil is very rich. At two villages the people did not 

 want us, so we went on and encamped near a third, Kab- 

 wakwa, where a son of Mohamad bin Saleh, with a number 

 of Wanyamwesi, lives. The chief of this part is Muabo, but 

 we did not see him : the people brought plenty of food for us 

 to buy. The youth's father is at Casembe's. The country- 

 people were very much given to falsehood — every place 

 inquired for Avas near — ivory abundant — provisions of all 

 sorts cheap and plenty. Our headmen trusted to these 

 statements of this young man rather, and he led them to 

 desist going further. Rua country was a month distant, he 

 said, and but little ivory there. It is but three days off. 

 (We saw it after three days.) " No ivory at Casembe's or 

 here in Buire, or Kabuire." He was right as to Casembe. 

 Letters, however, came from Hamees, with news of a de- 

 pressing nature. Chitimba is dead, and so is Mambwe. 



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