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to blame except the slaves, and I wanted no punishment 

 inflicted if they were cautioned for the future. It seems 

 plain that if they do not wish to buy the unclean meat they 

 can let it alone, — no harm is done. The Wanyamwesi kill 

 for all, and some Mohamadans say that they won't eat of it, 

 but their wives and people do eat it privately. 



I asked Mohamad to-day if it were true that he was a pri- 

 soner at Casembe's. He replied, " Quite so." Some Garaganza 

 people, now at Katanga, fought with Casembe, and Mohamad 

 was suspected of being connected with them. Casembe 

 attacked his people, and during the turmoil a hundred 

 frasilahs of copper were stolen from him, and many of hi& 

 people killed. Casembe kept him a prisoner till sixty of his 

 people were either killed or died, among these Mohamad's 

 eldest son : he was thus reduced to poverty. He gave some- 

 thing to Casembe to allow him to depart, and I suspect that 

 my Sultan's letter had considerable influence in inducing 

 Casembe to accede to his request, for he repeated again 

 and again in my hearing that he must pay respect to my 

 letter, and see me safe at least as far as Ujiji. Mohamad 

 says that he will not return to Casembe again, but will 

 begin to trade with some other chief : it is rather hard for 

 a man at his age to begin de novo. He is respected among- 

 the Arabs, who pronounce him to be a good man. He says 

 that he has been twenty-two years in Africa, and never saw 

 an outburst like that of yesterday among the Wanyamwesi : 

 it is, however, common for the people at Ujiji to drink palm 

 toddy, and then have a general row in the bazaar, but no bad 

 feeling exists next day. 



If a child cuts the upper front teeth before the lower, it 

 is killed, as unlucky : this is a widely-spread superstition.. 

 When I was amongst the Makololo in 1859 one of Sekeletu's 

 wives would not allow her servant's child to be killed for 

 this, but feAv would have the courage to act in opposition to 

 public feeling as she did. In Casembe's country if a child 



