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caravan goer, discovered that they were all laden with meat. So to do away 

 with the appearance of our having been frightened, he shouted out nyama, 

 nyama (meat, meat — or they are carrying meat). Haict (go a-bead), and all said 

 haia ; and so like brave men we moved on to meet our phantom of a foe. The 

 Wakamba crossed the ravine, and followed its course down to join their friends 

 who had visited us at breakfast time. They were all heavily laden with 

 the meat and skins of game which they had killed with their bows and 

 arrows. 



" Thus peacefully ended the battle of Brack River Port. And possibly 

 many an East African battle, which ends in cruel bloodshed, might end 

 equally peacefully, if people would but have the patience and humanity to 

 wait and see whether the supposed foe carried meat or not." 



The second stage in the arrangements on behalf of this new mission on 

 Lake Tanganyika has been reached, and the whole of the party forming the 

 first contingent of the expedition are on their way to the East Coast of Africa 

 — the starting-point to the interior. The names of the gentlemen are Revs. 

 Roger Price, J. B. Thomson, E. S. Clarke, A. W. Dodgshun, and Messrs. E. 

 C. Hore, and W. Hutley. Mr. Hore is the scientific member of the party, 

 and has been engaged specially in view of the employment of a steamer on 

 the lake. Mr. Hutley is a practical builder. 



For the service of the mission, in addition to personal outfits, the mis- 

 sionaries carry with them household stores sufficient for two years, together 

 with tools and building materials, medicines and medical works. Fittings 

 for a good-sized boat on the lake and survey instruments have also been sup- 

 plied to the party. This valuable store of goods will be transported into the 

 interior by means of a wagon-train drawn by bullocks under the guidance of 

 Zulu and Kafir leaders. It is hoped that by July 1st everything will be 

 ready for the commencement of the land journey, and that, all being well, 

 the entire party will reach the lake about the month of November next. 



In the summer of 1876, the Nyanza Mission party, sent out by the 

 Church Missionary Society, in response to the invitation of King Mtesa, 

 sent to this country through Mr. Stanley, reached Zanzibar. Shortly after, 

 une of the number, Mr. James Robertson, fell a victim to dysentery ; and his 

 remains were interred at French Island. Lieutenant Smith, who had charge 

 of the mission, writing from Zanzibar, says — 



"I purchased the presents for kings Rumanika and Mtesa. For the former, 

 sets of brass salvers, and cooking pots, and a cloak, such as the Arabs here 

 wear — an Affghan one not procurable. For the latter a Turkey rug and a 

 scarlet join, a cloak richly embroidered. Small zinc tallies have been made 

 for the Pagaazi, and are hung round their necks by a brass chain. The 

 numbers run from one to five hundred, but I hope we shall not have to use 

 all. It is amusing to watch the pleasure with which they receive them, 



