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man became so excited with yelling, that the others had to 

 disarm him, and he then fell down as if in a fit ; water poured 

 •on his head brought him to calmness. We go on the 22nd. 



22nd November. — This evening the Imbozhwa, or Ba- 

 bemba, came at dusk, and killed a Wanyaniwezi woman on 

 one side of the village, and a woman and child on the other 

 side of it. I took this to be the result of the warlike 

 demonstration mentioned above ; but one of Mohamad 

 Bogharib's people, named Bin Juma, had gone to a village 

 on the north of this and seized two women and two girls, 

 in lieu of four slaves who had run away. The headman, 

 resenting this, shot an arrow into one of Bin Juma's party, 

 and Bin Juma shot a woman with his gun. 



This, it turned out, had roused the whole country, and 

 next morning we were assailed by a crowd of Imbozhwa on 

 three sides : we had no stockade, but the men built one as 

 fast as the enemy allowed, cutting down trees and carrying 

 them to the line of defence, while others kept the assailants 

 at bay with their guns. Had it not been for the crowd of 

 Banyamwezi which we have, who shot vigorously with their 

 arrows, and occasionally chased the Imbozhwa, we should 

 have been routed. I did not go near the fighting, but 

 remained in my house to defend my luggage if necessary. 

 The women went up and down the village with sieves, as if 

 winnowing, and singing songs, and lullilooing, to encourage 

 their husbands and friends who were fighting, each had a 

 branch of the Ficus indica in her hand, which she waved, I 

 suppose as a charm. About ten of the Imbozhwa are said 

 to have been killed, but dead and wounded were at once 

 carried off by their countrymen. They continued the assault 

 from early dawn till 1 p.m., and showed great bravery, but 

 they wounded only two with their arrows. Their care to 

 secure the wounded was admirable: two or three at once 

 seized the fallen man, and ran off with him, though pursued 

 by a great crowd of Banyamwezi with spears, and fired at by 



