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had not, with the usual Oriental hyperbole, exaggerated 

 the dimensions of the Northern Lake. 



My companion, who had recovered strength from the 

 repose and the comparative comfort of our head-quarters, 

 appeared a fit person to be detached upon this duty ; 

 moreover, his presence at Kazeh was by no means desi- 

 rable. To associate at the same time with Arabs and 

 Anglo-Indians, who are ready to take offence when it is 

 least intended, who expect servility as their due, and 

 whose morgue of colour induces them to treat all skins a 

 shade darker than their own as " niggers," is even more 

 difficult than to avoid a rupture when placed between 

 two friends who have quarrelled with each other. More- 

 over, in this case, the difficulty was exaggerated by the 

 Anglo-Indian's complete ignorance of Eastern manners 

 and customs, and of any Oriental language beyond, at 

 least, a few words of the debased Anglo-Indian jargon. 



I have dwelt upon this subject because my companion 

 has thought proper to represent (in Blackwood, Oct. 

 1859) that I was "most unfortunately quite done up, 

 but most graciously consented to wait with the Arabs 

 and recruit health." This is far from being the fact. I 

 had other and more important matter to work out. 

 Writing from the spot (Unyanyembe, 2nd July 1858, 

 and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society, 24th Jan. 1859) my companion repre- 

 sents the case somewhat differently. " To diminish the 

 disappointment, caused by the short-coming of our cloth, 

 in not seeing the whole of the Sea Ujiji, I have proposed 

 to take a flying trip to the unknown lake, while Captain 

 Burton prepares for our return homewards." 



the north Ukerewe, and on the coast Niasa and Bahari ya Uniamesi," 

 makes the distance through Dschaga (Chhaga) and the Masai plains only 

 fifty -nine marches. 



