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is done by this, for the gardens are so large, but it inspires 

 distrust in the inhabitants, and makes it dangerous for 

 Arabs to travel not fully manned and armed. 



On reaching the village Kabwabwata a great demonstra- 

 tion was made by Mohamad's Arab dependants and Wan- 

 yam wesi : the women had their faces all smeared with pipe- 

 clay, and lullilooed with all their might. When we came 

 among the huts, they cast handfuls of soil on their heads, 

 while the men fired off their guns as fast as they could 

 load them. Those connected with Mohamad ran and kissed 

 his hands, and fired, till the sound of shouting, lullilooing, 

 clapping of hands, and shooting was deafening : Mohamad 

 was quite overcome by this demonstration, and it was long 

 before he could still them. 



On the way to this village from the south we observed an 

 extensive breadth of land, under ground-nuts which are 

 made into oil : a large jar of this is sold for a hoe. The 

 ground-nuts were now in flower, and green maize ready to 

 be eaten. People all busy planting, transplanting, or 

 weeding ; they plant cassava on mounds prepared for it, 

 on which they have sown beans, sorghum, maize, pumpkins : 

 these ripen, and leave the cassava a free soil. The sorghum 

 or dura is sown thickly, and when about a foot high — if the 

 owner has been able to prepare the soil elsewhere — it is 

 transplanted, a portion of the leaves being cut off to pre- 

 vent too great evaporation and the death of the plant. 



11th January. — The Wanyamwesi and people of Gara- 

 ganza say that we have thirteen days' march from this to 

 the Tanganyika Lake. It is often muddy, and many 

 rivulets are to be crossed. 



Mohamad is naturally anxious to stay a little while with 

 his son, for it is a wet season, and the mud is disagreeable 

 to travel over : it is said to be worse near Ujiji : he cooks 

 small delicacies for me with the little he has, and tries to 

 make me comfortable. Vinegar is made from bananas, and 



