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expenses of this Expedition, and probably made these promises 

 thinking that if the exploration of the unknown interior were 

 successful a great national object would be attained, and that 

 the chief man who conducted the Expedition would be liberally 

 rewarded, and as Captain Burton had been furnished with 

 funds to defray the expenses, I told him that I did not feel 

 authorised to make any payment without the previous sanction 

 of Government, and Said bin Salem has therefore received 

 nothing whatever since his return. 



" 9. Said Bin Salem also states, that on the return of the 

 Expedition from Lake Tanganyika, (70) seventy natives of the 

 country were engaged as porters, and accompanied the Expe- 

 dition for three months ; and that on arriving at a place called 

 ( Kootoo,' a few days' journey from the sea-coast, Captain Burton 

 wished them to diverge from the correct route to the coast 

 opposite Zanzibar, to accompany him south to Keelwa ; but 

 they refused to do so, saying that none of their people ever 

 dared to venture to Keelwa; that the chief slave-trade on the 

 east coast is carried on. No doubt their fears were well 

 grounded. These men received nothing in payment for their 

 three months' journey, and, as no white man had ever pene- 

 trated into their country previously, I fear that any future 

 traveller will meet with much inconvenience in consequence of 

 these poor people not having been paid. 



" 10. As I considered that my duty connected with the late 

 Expedition was limited to affording it all the aid and support in 

 my power, I have felt very reluctant to interfere with anything 

 connected with the non-payment of these men ; but Said bin 

 Salem and Ramjee having appealed to me, and Captain Speke, 

 since his departure from Zanzibar, having written me two 

 private letters, pointing out so forcibly the claims of these men, 

 the hardships they endured, and the fidelity and perseverance 

 they showed, conducting them safely through unexplored 

 countries, and stating also that the agreements with them were 

 entered into at the British Consulate, and that they considered 

 they were serving the British Government, that I deem it my 

 duty to bring their claims to the notice of Government ; for I 

 feel that if these men remain unpaid, after all they have 

 endured in the service of British officers, our name for good 

 faith in these countries will suffer, and that any future travel- 

 lers wishing to further explore the interesting countries of the 

 interior will find no persons willing to accompany them from 

 Zanzibar, or the opposite mainland. 



"11. As there was no British agent at Zanzibar for thirteen 

 months after the death of Colonel Hamerton, the Expedition, 



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