Head Dresses of "W anyamwezi. 



CHAP. XIV. 



WE EXPLORE THE TANGANYIKA LAKE. 



My first care after settling in Hamid's Tembe, was to 

 purify the floor by pastiles of assafoetida, and fumiga- 

 tions of gunpowder; my second was to prepare the 

 roof for the rainy season. Improvement, however, 

 progressed slowly ; the " children " of Said bin Salim 

 were too lazy to work ; and the Wanyamwezi porters, 

 having expended their hire in slaves, and fearing loss 

 by delay, took the earliest opportunity of deserting. 

 By the aid of a Msawahili artisan, I provided a pair 

 of cartels, with substitutes for chairs and tables. 

 Benches of clay were built round the rooms, but they 



