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to be attained, men might go without sugar, coffee, tea, &c. I 

 went from September 1866 to December 1868 without either. 

 A trader, at Casembe's, gave me a dish cooked with honey, 

 and it nauseated from its horrible sweetness, but at 100 

 miles inland, supplies could be easily obtained. 



The expenses need not be large. Intelligent Arabs inform 

 me that, in going from Zanzibar to Casembe's, only 3000 

 dollars' worth are required by a trader, say between 600?. or 

 700/., and he may be away three or more years ; paying his 

 Avay, giving presents to the chiefs, and filling 200 or 300 

 mouths. He has paid for, say fifty muskets, ammunition, 

 flints, and may return with 4000 lbs. of ivory, and a number 

 of slaves for sale ; all at an outlay of 600Z. or 1001. With 

 the experience I have gained now, I could do all I shall do 

 in this expedition for a like sum, or at least for 1000Z. less 

 than it will actually cost me. 



12th July. — Two men come from Syde bin Habib report 

 fighting as going on at discreet distances against Mirambo. 



Sheikh But, son of Mohamad bin Saleh, is found guilty 

 of stealing a tusk of 1\ frasilahs from the Lewale. He 

 has gone in disgrace to fight Mirambo : his father is discon- 

 solate, naturally. Lewale has been merciful. 



When endeavouring to give some account of the slave- 

 trade of East Africa, it was necessary to keep far within the 

 truth, in order not to be thought guilty of exaggeration; 

 but in sober seriousness the subject does not admit of 

 exaggeration. To overdraw its evils is a simple impossi- 

 bility. The sights I have seen, though common incidents 

 of the traffic, are so nauseous that I always strive to drive 

 them from memory. In the case of most disagreeable recol- 

 lections I can succeed, in time, in consigning them to 

 oblivion, but the slaving scenes come back unbidden, and 

 make me start up at dead of night horrified by their vivid- 

 ness. To some this may appear weak and unphilosophical, 

 since it is alleged that the whole human race has passed 



