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THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. 



again suggest, six weeks is as the three days' visit in 

 England. 



On the morning after our arrival at Kazeh, the gang 

 of Wanyamwezi porters that had accompanied us from 

 the coast withdrew their hire from our cloth-bales; 

 and not demanding, because they did not expect, 

 bakhshish, departed, without a sign of farewell, to 

 their homes in Western Unyamwezi. The Kirangozi 

 or guide received a small present of domestics : his 

 family being at Msene, distant five marches ahead, he 

 fixed, after long haggling, the term of fifteen days as 

 his leave of absence, after which he promised to join me 

 with a fresh gang for the journey to Ujiji. 



The rest of the party apparently considered Un- 

 yanyembe, not Ujiji, the end of the exploration ; it proved 

 in effect a second point of departure, easier than Kaole 

 only because I had now gained some experience. 



Two days after our arrival, the Baloch, headed by 

 their Jemadar, appeared in full toilette to demand a 

 " Hakk el Salamah, " or reward for safe-conduct. I in- 

 formed them that this would be given when they 

 had reached the end of the up-march. The pragma- 

 tical Darwaysh declared that without bakhshish there 

 would be no advance ; he withdrew his words, however, 

 when my companion was called in to witness their be- 

 ing committed to paper — a proceeding always un- 

 palatable to the Oriental. The Baloch then subsided 

 into begging for salt and spices, and having received 

 more than they had probably ever possessed in their 

 lives, they privily complained of my parsimony to Said 

 bin Salim. They then sent for tobacco, a goat, gun- 

 powder, bullets — all which they obtained. Their 

 next manoeuvre was to extract four cloths for tinning 

 their single copper pot and for repairing the matchclogs 



