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these bulky decorations upon their arms and legs. It 

 is mostly a feminine ornament. In the Lake Regions, 

 however, men assume the full-sized armlet, and in the 

 mountains of Usagara their wrists, arms, and ankles 

 are often decorated with half and quarter lengths, which 

 being without terminal bulges, appear to compress the 

 limbs painfully. At Unyanyembe the value of a 

 kitindi varies from two to four shukkah ; at Ujiji, 

 where the ornament is in demand it rises to four or 

 five. 



The remainder of the live stock forming the personnel 

 of the caravan is composed of asses. At Zanzibar I 

 had bought five riding animals to mount the chiefs of the 

 party, including Said bin Salim and the Goanese. The 

 price varied from fifteen to forty dollars. Of the twenty- 

 nine asses used for carriage, only twenty remained 

 when the muster was made at Zungomero, and the rapid 

 thinning of their numbers by loss, death and accident 

 began to suggest uncomfortable ideas. 



The following " Equipment of the Expedition," sent 

 by me to Mr. Francis Gal ton, the South African tra- 

 veller, and bearing date, " Camp Zungomero in Khutu, 

 Sunday, 2nd August, 1857," is here republished: it 

 will assist the reader in picturing to himself the mass 

 of material which I am about to drag over the moun- 

 tains. 



Provisions, 8fC. — 1 dozen brandy (to be followed by 

 4 dozen more) ; 1 box cigars ; 5 boxes tea (each 6 

 lbs.); a little coffee; 2 bottles curry stuff, besides 

 ginger, rock and common salt, red and black pepper, one 

 bottle each, pickles, soap, and spices ; 20 lbs. pressed 

 vegetables; 1 bottle vinegar; 2 bottles oil; 20 lbs. 

 sugar (honey is procurable in the country). 



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