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would gain their own and their Banian masters' end to 

 baffle me completely ; they demand an advance of one 

 dollar, or six dollars a month, though this is double free- 

 man's pay at Zanzibar. Their two headmen, Shereef and 

 Awathe, refused to come past Ujiji, and are revelling on 

 my goods there. 



13th February. — Mabruki being seized with choleraic 

 purging detains us to-day. I gave Mohamad five pieces 

 Americano, five ditto Kanike,* and two frasilahs samisami 

 beads. He gives me a note to Hassani for twenty thick 

 copper bracelets. Yesterday crowds came to eat the meat 

 of the man who misled James to his death spot: but we 

 want the men who set the Mbanga men to shoot him : they 

 were much disappointed when they found that no one was 

 killed, and are undoubtedly cannibals. 



16th, Friday. — Started to-day. Mabruki making himself 

 out very ill, Mohamad roused him out by telling him I 

 travelled when much worse. The chief gave me a goat, 

 and Mohamad another, but in coming through the forest on 

 the neck of the mountain the men lost three, and have to 

 go back for them, and return to-morrow. Simon and Ibram 

 were bundled out of the camp, and impudently followed me : 

 when they came up, I told them to be off. 



17th February. — Waiting at a village on the Western 

 slope for the men to come up with the goats, if they have 

 gone back to the camp. Mohamad would not allow the 

 deserters to remain among his people, nor would I. It 

 would only be to imbue the minds of my men with their 

 want of respect for all English, and total disregard of 

 honesty and honour : they came after me with inimitable 

 effrontery, believing that though I said I would not take 

 them, they were so valuable, I was only saying what I knew 

 to be false. The goats were brought by a Manyuema man, 



Kanike is a blue calica 



