29G 



HALT AT KAZEIL 



of its inhabitants ; and we hoped that those who 

 might follow us would be able to turn many of 

 the obstacles through which we were compelled 

 to cut a way. In November, 1857, Ve perforce 

 halted for rest and to reorganize the party at 

 Kazeh in Unyamwezi, some 350 direct geographi- 

 cial miles from the coast. The site was the most 

 pleasant that we had hitherto seen, a plateau (S. 

 lat. 5° and E. long. G. 33°) in the depths of the 

 Tropics, but made temperate by altitude (3000 

 to 4000 feet above sea level), studded with hills 

 rising abruptly from fertile grassy plains, and 

 broken by patches of cultivation, by valleys, and 

 by forests of the richest growth. 



At this half-way house the Expedition was 

 hospitably received by the warm-hearted Arabs, 

 Snay bin Amir, Said bin Majid, old Said bin Ali, 

 the sons of Salim bin Rashid, Muhiniia bin 

 Sulayman, and other notabilities of the great 

 central mart. They housed us and supplied all 

 our wants — I know not what we should have 

 done without their friendly aid — and the geo- 

 graphical information which they gave me di- 

 rectly led to what many have held to be the most 

 important feature of the exploration. The Second 

 Expedition also records its obligations in the 

 matter of hands and rations. It found, however, 



