CHAPTER XI. 



Biot in the camp. Mohamad's account of his long imprisonment. Super- 

 stitions about children's teeth. Concerning dreams. News of Lake 

 Chowambe. Life of the Arab slavers. The Katanga gold supply. 

 Muabo. Ascent of the Eua Mountains. Syde bin Habib. Birthday 

 19th March, 1868. Hostility of Mpweto. Contemplates visiting Lake 

 Bemba. Nile sources. Men desert. The shores of Moero. Visits 

 Fungafunga. Beturn to Casembe's. Obstructiveness of " Cropped-ears." 

 Accounts of Fereira and Dr. Lacerda. Major Monteiro. The line of 

 Casembe's. Casembe explains the connection of the Lakes and the 

 Luapula. Queen Moari. Arab sacrifice. Kapika gets rid of his wife. 



2-ith February, 1868. — Some slaves who came with. Mohamad 

 Bogharib's agent, abused my men this morning, as bringing 

 unclean meat into the village to sell, though it had been 

 killed by a man of the Wanyamwesi. They called out, 

 " Kaffir, Kaffir ! " and Susi, roused by this, launched 

 forth with a stick ; the others joined in the row, and the 

 offenders were beat off, but they went and collected all 

 their number and renewed the assault. One threw a heavy 

 block of w T ood and struck Simon on the head, making him 

 quite insensible and convulsed for some time. He has three 

 wounds on the head, which may prove serious. This is the 

 first outburst of Mohamadan bigotry we have met, and by 

 those who know so little of the creed that it is questionable 

 if one of them can repeat the formula: "La illaha ilia 

 lahu Mohamad Rasulela salla lahu, a leihi oa Salama." 

 Simon recovered, but Gallahs are in general not strong. 



25th February. — Mohamad called on me this morning to 

 apologise for the outrage of yesterday, but no one was 



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