780 LIFE OF DA VID LI V1NGSTONE, LL.D. 



" Sabadu, the Waganda chief, earnestly requested that I would fight 

 Kayozza, as he had committed several murderous acts on the Waganda; but 

 I refused, saying that attacking black people when they kept the peace was 

 not the custom with white people, and that I would not have fired upon the 

 Bambireh folk had they shown that they were sorry for what they had done 

 to me, with which Sabadu was satisfied. Five days after leaving Bambireh 

 the Expedition landed and camped at Dumo Uganda, which is two days' 

 march north of the Kagera River, and two south of the Katonga. This camp 

 I selected for the Expedition, because it was in an intermediate situation, 

 whence I could start on a north-west, west, or south-west course for the 

 Albert Nyanza, after ascertaining from Mtesa which was best. For between 

 the Victoria Nyanza and the Albert Nyanza are very powerful tribes, the 

 Wasagara, "Wa Ruanda, and Wasangora especially, who are continually at 

 war with Mtesa. 



" Our loss on the lake during our travel by water from Usukuma to 

 Dumo Uganda, a distance of nearly three hundred and twenty miles, was six 

 men drowned, five guns, and one case of ammunition. Three of the riding 

 asses also died from being bound in the canoes, which leaves me now but 

 one. Ten of our canoes became wrecks also. The time occupied by the 

 lake journey was fifty-six days; but as two hundred miles of it had been 

 traversed three times, it will be seen that we travelled in those days a great 

 distance over water. During fifty-one days the corn I had brought from Usu- 

 kuma in the canoes was almost entirely the means of sustaining the Expe- 

 dition; for though we received food from Itawaguemba and Kijaju of Romeh, 

 we had it because it was their good-will that gave it us. Excepting twenty 

 doti of cloth presented to these two kings, no more was used, so that we 

 lived nearly two months on the bale which purchased the corn in Usukuma. 

 I have every reason to feel gratified at the result of this long journey by 

 water, though the loss of my men and guns gives me serious regret, and the 

 death of all but one of the riding asses is a calamity. On the other hand, 

 had I tried to force my way overland through Mirambo and Rwoma, I should 

 have been either killed or a ruined fugitive. 



"After arranging the camp I intend to visit Mtesa once more, who may 

 be able to give me guides to the Albert Nyanza, for doubtless he has several 

 men who have traded with the natives bordering that lake. My Eurojjean 

 attendant, Frank Pocock, enjoys his health amazingly, and seems to have 

 become quite acclimatized to Africa." 



"Kaw 7 anga, Frontier Village between Unyoro and Uganda, 

 Central Africa, Jan. 18, 1876. 

 " Six days ago the Anglo-American Expedition under my command, 

 with two thousand choice spearmen of Uganda under ' General' Samboozi, were 



