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BLACKSMITH AT WORK. 
27th. The Journal of the last two days may perhaps 
possess some interest to the reader, as it introduces 
him to Ukulima, the sultan, in whose place I was de- 
tained one hundred and nine days. It is as follows : — 
"26th May. — Speke keeps the larder well filled. 
Last night, three guinea-fowl and a large tree-goose. 
I went early amongst the Watusi ; handsome people, 
beautiful rounded small heads, prominent large eyes, 
thin noses, rather compressed upper jaws; all so clean 
and trim; no resemblance to the dirty Wezee, who are 
coarse and mannerless in comparison. They make their 
own baskets of osier-like twigs, with a sharpened 
spear, and work with their feet very neatly. They 
got a cow down by pulling its hind-legs to a post, 
and then carefully washed its eye, which had been 
injured. The blacksmith was working amongst them 
making wire anklets from long rods of iron ; bellows 
very small, of wood, with cane handles, which a man 
worked up and down. The hammer was a massive 
mason's chisel : they worked squatting. A whole 
family were very curious to hear the tick of my 
watch. The fighting Watuta had one open-field 
combat with the Watusi, and obtained a victory over 
them; both are afraid of each other. I see that the 
slaves of the Wezees are very well dressed, and 
treated with great kindness, never doing but what they 
choose : quite different from slaves at Zanzibar, where, 
as Bombay tells me, they would be made to work all 
day, and, by some, be made to steal all night. The 
orthodox custom at Zanzibar is five days' labour for 
master, and two days' for the slave himself. Eehan 
(the new cook) came to say ' there was no grease to 
roast with/ 6 What are you to roast ? ' He pointed 
