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country. The total would be 15 stages, at least 

 20 days for men carrying ^ merchandise. These 

 caravans are seldom short of 400 to 500 men, 

 Arabs and "Wasawahili, Pagazi or free porters 

 who carry 50 lbs. each, and slaves. The imports 

 are chiefly cotton-stuffs, iron wires (Senyenge), 

 brass wires (Masango), and beads, of which some 

 400 varieties are current in these countries. The 

 usual return consists chiefly of ivory, per annum 

 about 70,000 lbs., we were told — a quantity 

 hardly credible. I heard of some gold dust from 

 Umasai being sent as a specimen to Sayyid 

 Mayed : they bring also a few slaves, some small 

 mangey camels, and half- wild asses.^ The citizens 



» Mr AVakefield (J. E. G. Society for 1870, p. 304) gives 

 11 marches : of these, however, 4 are 12 hour marches, 2 are 

 of 8 hours, 1 is of 7 hours, and 4 are of 6 hours. 



^ The following is a native list of the stages between Tanga 

 and Chaga : I leave it as written in 1857, and the reader will 

 find the first part almost identical with Mr Wakefield's Eoute 

 No. 1. I was surprised to see the coincidence. 



1. Tanga to Bwetti : 1 whole day (others say two), through 

 the AVadigo and Wasegeju jungle to a stream. 



2. Dongo Khundu (red earth) : half a day to a day, path 

 straight easy through the Wasegeju and Wadigo. 



3. The Umba river: 1 day of jungle march. 



4. The Mto Mchanga (Sand river) : 1 day of wilderness 

 march. 



5. Mbaramo in the Usumbara country, many streams : 1 

 day's march. The hill belongs to King Kimwere's sons, and 

 some make it the 3rd station. 



6. Gonja in the Pare country : 1 long day, the men gen- 



