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one measure of seed one hundred and twenty measures of 

 increase. This season he plants along the rivulet called 

 " Bonde," and on the damp soil. 



The rain-water does not percolate far, for the clay retains 

 it about two feet beneath the surface : this is a cause of 

 unhealthiness to man. Fowls and goats have been cut off 

 this year in large numbers by an epidemic. 



The visits of the Ujijian traders must be felt by the Man- 

 yuema to be a severe infliction, for the huts are appropriated, 

 and no leave asked : firewood, pots, baskets, and food are 

 used without scruple, and anything that pleases is taken 

 away ; usually the women flee into the forest, and return to 

 find the whole place a litter of broken food. I tried to pay 

 the owners of the huts in which I slept, but often in vain, 

 for they hid in the forest, and feared to come near. It 

 was common for old men to come forward to me with 

 a present of bananas as I passed, uttering with trembling 

 accents, " Bolongo, Bolongo ! " (" Friendship, Friendship ! "), 

 and if I stopped to make a little return present, others ran 

 for plantains or palm-toddy. The Arabs' men ate up what 

 they demanded, without one word of thanks, and turned 

 round to me and said, " They are bad, don't give them 

 anything." " Why, what badness is there in giving food ? " 

 I replied. "Oh! they like you, but hate us." One man 

 gave me an iron ring, and all seemed inclined to be friendly, 

 yet they are undoubtedly bloodthirsty to other Manyuema, 

 and kill each other. 



I am told that journeying inland the safe way to avoid 

 tsetse in going to Merere's is to go to Mdonge, Makinde, 

 Zungoniero, Masapi, Irundu, Nyangore, then turn north to 

 the Nyannugams, and thence to Nyenibe, and so on south to 

 Merere's. A woman chief lies in the straight way to Merere, 

 but no cattle live in the land. Another insect lights on the 

 animals, and when licked off bites the tongue, or breeds, 

 and is fatal as well as tsetse : it is larger in size. Tipo Tipo 



