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the graves of their relatives and devouring their 
bodies. 
A male child being born during my stay at Taveta, 
was called Mzungu, and I was entreated by the 
parents to pay him a visit. I did so, and was asked 
if I could not tell the child's fortune, or at least if I 
would not make some charm to keep it from evil ; 
and the poor people were very disappointed when 
they found that I could do nothing for them in this 
way. 
My delay at Taveta made me acquainted with the 
proceedings of the Wasuahili in regard to the slave 
trade. M. Mbuana, I found, had a large establishment 
of slaves in the place, and he was constantly receiving 
supplies from Mandara and the other chiefs of Chaga. 
Kapitau (the mkugenzi of the Wasuahili) had not 
been in Taveta a day before he sent a messenger to 
Mandara, with the present of a gun, requesting in 
return a " mzijana mzuri " (a fine girl), and Kapitau 
himself informed me afterwards that Mandara asked 
him to take fifty women to be sold in Mombasa for 
gunpowder, offering hirn five of the number as com- 
mission ! 
The large number of strangers at Taveta, after a 
few days, had a wonderful effect upon the price of 
provisions ; and towards the close of my stay every- 
thing had gone up to a frightful pitch. This com- 
pelled a resort to the wilderness, whence a few things 
were brought in, a bull-calf rhinoceros being bagged 
upon one occasion, and we all feasted upon rhino- 
ceros' flesh ; but it was not to my liking. The liver 
of this animal, roasted in the fire, will keep for weeks, 
and is, on this account, as well as for its flavour, much 
