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rather the Cordon bleue, who \'icariously does part 

 of man's digestion, whereas ' Cook ' leaves all to 

 a certain ill-used viscus. I presume that climate 

 is the reason why the Dahi of India, the La- 

 han of Arabia, has not been introduced into Eng- 

 land, where curds and whey are still eaten. 

 Usumbara produces an abundance of tobacco, 

 whose flavour is considered superior to the other 

 growths of the mainland : it is therefore pounded 

 to thin round cakes, neatly packed in banana- 

 leaves, and exported to Zanzibar. TTith all their 

 advantages, the Wasumbara are yet a moody, mel- 

 ancholy brood, a timid, dismal, and ignoble race, as 

 indeed are for the most part those barbarians who 

 have exchanged pastoral for agricultural life. 

 Perhaps these children of the mist have too much 

 mist, and thev certainlv have not learned the art 

 of def endinsr themselves asrainst their raw mount- 

 ain air. In hot climates beware of the cold, and 

 vice versa. 



On Monday, February 16, we took leave of, 

 and were formally dismissed by. Sultan Kimwere. 

 The old man was mortified that our rambles over 

 his hills had not produced a plant of sovereign 

 virtue against the last evil but one of human life. 

 He had long expected a white Mganga, and now 

 two had visited him, and were about to depart 



