Life at Kisigau, 
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On this day we laid in provisions for the march to 
Jipe, as well as for our consumption while we should 
remain at Kisigau. The beads^ a coarse v/hite kind, 
of which the Wataita are very fond, went like magic. 
The people brought for sale kundi and other pulse ; 
maize, some in the ear and some ground into flour 
with its husk, very coarse and dirty ; fowls, eggs, 
butter, milk, gourds, and tobacco. One man offered 
for sale the scales of the armadillo, said to be a charm 
against the bite of a serpent, the pains of child-birth, 
and other ills which afflict humanity. The guide pro- 
vided himself with one or two, also a lion's tooth, some 
leopard's claws, and other great ''medicines " and 
" grand specifics," which he strung together, fastened 
to the sheath of his knife, and watched over with 
the greatest care, evidently having great faith in 
their efficacy. I asked him if he could not find a 
good remedy for a craven heart This, I already 
began to eee, was a subject likely to touch him. 
Throughout the day I did my best to preach the 
Gospel to all comers, but I cannot say I met with 
eager, much less intelligent, listeners. Some of the 
elders collected at my call to hear what I had to say, 
I tried to explain who I was, and why I had visited 
Kisigau. I asked them if they would be willing to 
receive a Christian preacher who would teach them 
God's book. I did not expect that they would un- 
derstand the import of this question at once, and I 
was not surprised to see them staring at each other 
in a somewhat vacant way after they had heard it 
I took some pains to simplify the matter to them, 
still it was not understood. They said they did not 
know anything of me, except that I was a Muzungu, 
