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The Lnbozhwa fled before the marauders, and the Ban- 

 yamwezi or Garaganza, who had come in numbers to 

 trade in copper, took on themselves the duty of expelling 

 the invaders, and this, by means of their muskets, they 

 did effectually, then, building stockades they excited the 

 jealousy of the Imbozhwa lords of the soil who, instead 

 of feeling grateful, hated the new power thus sprung up 

 among them ! They had suffered severely from the sharp 

 dealing of the strangers already, and Chikumbi made a 

 determined assault on the stockade of Kombokombo in 

 vain. 



Confusion prevailed all over the country. Some Ban- 

 yam wezi assumed the offensive against the Baiisi, who re- 

 semble the Imbozhwa, but are further south, and captured 

 and sold some prisoners : it was in this state of things 

 that, as already mentioned, I was surrounded by a party of 

 furious Imbozhwa. A crowd stood within fifteen or twenty 

 yards with spears poised and arrows set in the bowstrings, 

 and some took aim at me : they took us for plunderers, 

 and some plants of grouna-nuts thrown about gave colour 

 to their idea. One good soul helped us away — a blessing 

 be on him and his. Another chief man took us for Mazitu ! 

 In this state of confusion Cazembe heard that my party 

 had been cut off: he called in Moenempanda and took the 

 field in person, in order to punish the Banyamwezi, against 

 whom he has an old grudge for killing a near relative of 

 his family, selling Baiisi, and setting themselves up as a 

 power in his country. 



The two Arab traders now in the country felt that they 

 must unite their forces, and thereby effect a safe retreat. 

 Chikumbi had kept twenty-eight tusks for Syde bin Omar 

 safely ; but the coming of Casembe might have put it out 

 of his power to deliver up his trust in safety, for an army 

 here is often quite lawless : each man takes to himself what 

 he can. "When united we marched from Kizinga on 23rd 



