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next. Mohamad left Uvira on the third day of a new moon, 

 and several fires happened in his camp ; he now considers a 

 third day inauspicious. 



Casembe's dura or sorghum is ripe to-day : he has eaten 

 mapemba or dura, and all may thereafter do the same : this 

 is just about the time when it ripens and is reaped at Kolo- 

 beng, thus the difference in the seasons is not great. 



2-ith May. — Detained four days yet. Casembe's chief 

 men refuse to escort Mohamad Bogharib; they know him 

 to be in debt, and fear that he may be angry, but no 

 dunning was intended. Casembe was making every effort 

 to get ivory to liquidate it, and at last got a couple of tusks, 

 Avhich he joyfully gave to Mohamad : he has risen much 

 in the estimation of us all. 



26th May. — Casembe's people killed five buffaloes by 

 chasing them into the mud and water of Mofwe, so he is 

 seeing to the division of the meat, and will take leave 

 to-morrow. 



2§th May. — We went to Casembe ; he was as gracious as 

 usual. A case of crim. con. was brought forward against an 

 Arab's slave, and an attempt was made to arrange the matter 

 privately by offering three cloths, beads, and another slave, 

 but the complainant refused everything. Casembe dismissed 

 the case by saying to the complainant, " You send your 

 women to entrap the strangers in order to get a fine, but you 

 will get nothing :" this was highly applauded by the Arabs, 

 and the owner of the slave heaped dust on his head, as 

 many had done before for favours received. Casembe, still 

 anxious to get ivory for Mohamad, proposed another delay 

 of four days to send for it ; but all are tired, and it is 

 evident that it is not want of will that prevents ivory being- 

 produced. 



His men returned without any, and he frankly confessed 

 inability : he is evidently very poor. 



30th May. — We went to the Kanengwa rivulet at the 



