LECTURE IN GLASGOW CITY HALL. 689 



new chief, each of whom extorted from him blackmail. To one he had to 

 pay perhaps a hundred yards of white cloth, to another fifty yards of blue cloth, 

 to a third twenty yards of red woollen cloth, and so on in proportion, some of 

 the chiefs being greater extortionists than others, and nothing did they ever 

 give in return. 



"At Ugogo they were a noisy, boisterous, and thieving race; they were 

 famous amongst the surrounding tribes for their overbearing manners, but, like 

 all bumptious bullies when put to the push, they were about the veriest cowards 

 that ever existed. One of the principal distinctive marks of the tribe was the 

 extraordinary way in which they enlarged the lobes of their ears. The men 

 were often to be seen with their ears hanging down upon their shoulders. 

 The orifices in the lobes of the ears were used for the same purposes as pockets 

 were by more civilised people, and in them a man would carry his snuff-box 

 or his knife. Another peculiar feature was the manner in which they did up 

 their hair. There was no uniformity ; and the more hideous a man could 

 render himself the greater dandy he was. Past Ugogo he met a branch of a 

 great family, the tribes of which were called "Wahumbi. This tribe did not 

 cultivate ground or live in regular standing huts. The places in which they 

 lived were like the framework of a gipsy's tent, and were covered with a sort 

 of blanket when they were sleeping by the roadside. On the road he met 

 many caravans bringing ivory to the frontier, and one caravan carried over 

 thirty tons. Some pieces of ivory were so large that it took two men to 

 carry them — one tusk weighing 1701bs. When on the march one day, he saw 

 a small party of Indians running towards his camp. This party informed 

 him that a large number of robbers were in front and intended to attack him. 

 He was told by this party that they had lost a couple of slaves in an encounter 

 in which their opponents wished to take a tusk of ivory from them. He saw 

 marks on the ground of a struggle having taking place. During the night 

 the robbers fired a few arrows into his camp, but in the morning he saw no 

 more of them. 



" In the beginning of August he reached Unyanyembe, and he was most 

 heartily welcomed by the governor of the place, Sayid Burghash. By the 

 higher classes he was most heartily welcomed, and they did everything in 

 their power to assist him ; but by the lower orders, who perpetuated the slave 

 trade, he was interrupted and hindered. His men were induced to desert ; 

 some were taken from him and marched out of the place ; others were laid 

 down with fever ; and being unable to look after his men, the natives used 

 regularly to steal them. At Unyanyembe the time passed very slowly. 

 Everything was creating despondency — his men were taken with lameness, 

 blindness, and some were deserting. Towards the end of October, his friend 

 Dillon was so ill, that he tried to persuade him to go back to the coast, but 

 he would not go. 

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