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and many of the women are very pretty ; hands, feet, limbs, 

 and forms perfect in shape and the colour light-brown, but 

 the orifices of the nose are widened by snuff-takers, who ram 

 it up as far as they can with the finger and thumb : the 

 teeth are not filed, except a small space between the two 

 upper front teeth. 



5th March. — We heard to-day that Mohamad's people 

 passed us on the west, with much ivory. I lose thus 

 twenty copper rings I was to take from them, and all the 

 notes they were to make for me of the rivers they crossed. 



6th March. — Passed through very large villages, with 

 many forges in active work ; some men followed us, as if to 

 fight, but we got them to turn peaceably : we don't know 

 who are enemies, so many have been maltreated and had 

 relatives killed. The rain of yesterday made the paths so 

 slippery that the feet of all were sorely fatigued, and on 

 coming to Manyara's, I resolved to rest on 7th near Mount 

 Kimazi. I gave a cloth and beads in lieu of a fine fat goat 

 from the chief, a clever, good man. 



9th March. — We marched about five hours across a grassy 

 plain without trees — buga or prairie. The torrid sun, nearly 

 vertical, sent his fierce rays down, and fatigued us all: 

 we crossed two Sokoye streams by bridges, and slept at a 

 village on a ridge of woodland overlooking Kasonga. After 

 two hours this morning, we came to villages of this chief, 

 and at one were welcomed by the Safari of Salem Mokadam, 

 and I was given a house. Kasonga is a very fine young 

 man, with European features, and " very clever and good." 

 He is clever, and is pronounced good, because he eagerly 

 joins the Arabs in marauding ! Seeing the advantage of fire- 

 arms, he has bought four muskets. Mohamad's people were 

 led by his, and spent all their copper for some fifty frasilahs 

 of good ivory. From this party men have been sent over 

 Lualaba, and about fifty frasilahs obtained : all praise 

 Kasonga. We were now only six miles from Lualaba, and 



