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to him : even Said bin Salim's hearth had been spoiled 

 of its chief attraction, an only son, who, born it was 

 supposed in consequence of my " barakat " (propitious 

 influence), had been named Abdullah. Such tidings are 

 severely felt by the wanderer who, living long behind 

 the world, and unable to mark its gradual changes, lulls, 

 by dwelling upon the past, apprehension into a belief 

 that his home has known no loss, and who expects 

 again to meet each old familiar face ready to smile 

 upon his return as it was to weep at his depar- 

 ture. 



After a day's halt to collect porters at Yombo, we 

 marched from it on the 20th June, and passing the 

 scene of our former miseries, the village under the 

 lumpy hill, " Zimbili," we re-entered Kazeh. There I 

 was warmly welcomed by the hospitable Snay bin Amir, 

 who, after seating us to coffee, as is the custom, for a 

 few minutes in his Barzah or ante-room, led us to the 

 old abode, which had been carefully repaired, swept, 

 and plastered. There a large metal tray bending under 

 succulent dishes of rice and curried fowl, giblets and 

 manioc boiled in the cream of the ground-nut, and 

 sugared omelets flavoured with ghee and onion shreds, 

 presented peculiar attractions to half-starved travel- 

 lers. 



Our return from Ujiji to Unyanyembe was thus 

 accomplished in twenty-two stations, which, halts in- 

 cluded, occupied a total of twenty-six days, from the 

 26th May to the 20th June 1858, and the distance 

 along the road may be computed at 265 statute 

 miles. 



After a day's repose at Kazeh, I was called upon, 

 as " etiquette" directs, by the few Arab merchants there 

 present. Musa Mzuri, the Indian, was still absent at 



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