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shukkahs — and the rest contained fifteen coral-bracelets 

 and white beads. All were the refuse of their kind: 

 the good Hindoos at Zanzibar had seized this oppor- 

 tunity to dispose of their flimsy, damaged, and unsale- 

 able articles. This outfit was sufficient to carry us 

 comfortably to Unyanyembe. I saw, however, with 

 regret that it was wholly inadequate for the purpose of 

 exploring the two southern thirds of the Tanganyika 

 Lake, much less for returning to Zanzibar, via the 

 Nyassa or Maravi Lake, and Kilwa, as I had once 

 dreamed. 



I received several visits from our old companion, 

 Muhinna bin Sulayman of Kazeh, and three men of his 

 party. He did not fail to improve the fact of his having 

 brought up my supplies in the nick of time. He re- 

 quired five coil-bracelets and sixteen pounds of beads 

 as my share of the toll taken from him by the Lord of 

 the Malagarazi Ferry. For the remaining fifteen coil- 

 bracelets he gave me forty cloths, and for the load and 

 a half of white beads he exchanged 880 strings of 

 blue porcelains — a commercial operation by which he 

 cleared without trouble 35 per cent. Encouraged by 

 my facility, he proposed to me the propriety of paying 

 part of the kuhonga or blackmail claimed from new 

 comers by Rusimba and Kannena. But facility has its 

 limits : I quietly objected, and we parted on the best of 

 terms. 



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