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killed, and I got the heart: the Arabs do not eat it, but 

 that part is nice if well cooked. 



A Limda slave, for whom I interceded to be freed of the 

 yoke, ran away, and as he is near the Barna, his country- 

 men, he will be hidden. He told his plan to our guide, and 

 asked to accompany him back to Tanganyika, but he is 

 eager to deliver him up for a reward : all are eager to press 

 each other down in the mire into which they are already 

 sunk. 



5th September. — Kunde's people refused the tusks of an 

 elephant killed by our hunter, asserting that they had 

 killed it themselves with a hoe : they have no honour here, 

 as some have elsewhere. 



1th September. — W. and N.W., through forest and im- 

 mense fields of cassava, some three years old, with roots as 

 thick as a stout man's leg. 



8th September. — Across five rivers and through many 

 villages. The country is covered with ferns and gingers, 

 and miles and miles of cassava. On to village of Karun- 

 gamagao. 



9th September. — Rest again to shoot meat, as elephants 

 and buffaloes are very abundant : the Suaheli think that 

 adultery is an obstacle to success in killing this animal: 

 no harm can happen to him who is faithful to his wife, 

 and has the proper charms inserted under the skin of his 

 forearms. 



10th September. — North and north-west, over four rivers, 

 and past the village of Makala, to near that of Pyana-nio- 

 sinde. 



12th September. — We had wandered, and now came back 

 to our path on hilly ground. The days are sultry and 

 smoking. We came to some villages of Pyana-mosinde ; 

 the population prodigiously large. A sword was left at the 

 camp, and at once picked up; though the man was traced 

 to a village it was refused, till he accidentally cut his foot 



