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beads to redeem lier; but this old fellow wants her for 

 himself, and by native law he can keep her as his slave- 

 wife. Slave-owners make a bad neighbourhood, for the slaves 

 are always running away and the headmen are expected 

 to restore the fugitives for a bit of cloth. An old woman 

 of Mpmari fled three times ; she was caught yesterday, and 

 tied to a post for the young slaves to plague her. Her 

 daughter burst into an agony of tears on seeing them 

 tying her mother, and Mpamari ordered her to be tied to 

 the mother's back for crying ; I interceded for her, and 

 she was let go. He said, " You don't care, though Saved 

 Majid loses his money." I replied, " Let the old woman 

 go, she will be off again to-morrow." But they cannot 

 bear to let a slave have freedom. I don't understand 

 what effect his long prayers and prostrations towards the 

 " Kibla " have on his own mind, they cannot affect the 

 minds of his slaves favourably, nor do they mine, though 

 I am as charitable as most people. 



19th November. — I prepared to start to-day, but Mohamad 

 Bogharib has been very kind, and indeed cooked meals for 

 me from my arrival at Casembe's, 6th May last, till we 

 came here, 22nd October; the food was coarse enough, 

 but still it was food ; and I did not like to refuse his 

 genuine hospitality. He now begged of me not to go for 

 three days, and then he would come along with me I 

 Mpamari also entreated. I would not have minded him, 

 but they have influence with the canoe-men on Tanganyika,, 

 and it is well not to get a bad name if possible. 



20th November. — Mohamad Bogharib purposed to attack 

 two villages near to this, from an idea that the people there 

 concealed his runaway slaves ; by remaining I think that 

 I have put a stop to this, as he did not like to pillage 

 while I was in company : Mpamari also turned round towards 

 peace, though he called all the riff-raff to muster, and cara- 

 coled among them like an old broken-winded horse. One 



