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FEROCIOUS ANTS. 
in to be split up, dried over the fire, and kept for con- 
sumption. Two species, the " makambara " and " go- 
go," were usually taken — the former and largest is 
scaleless, large -headed, and lank -bodied ; the latter is 
only § lb. weight, and resembles a stickleback. 
Eats, fleas, and ants very often made our nights 
miserable. The calves alongside broke through their 
pens, and roused every one, while an alarm of " seafoo," 
or ants, and " bring a light," would be shouted by our 
Seedees. In a moment these vicious insects fixed 
upon our skin, biting and clinging like leeches till 
killed in their death-grip, and it became a desperate 
case for us whether we turned out or they turned in! 
A line of burning charcoal was placed to scare them 
away, and then you could again recline without further 
molestation or after-effects. But what was to be done 
to prevent their return the following night like an 
invading army ? The sultan very properly would not 
allow the reckless Seedees to place charcoal round his 
house during the night, but he had about a hundred 
goats brought in, and kept there three nights and days 
to pollute the place and make it obnoxious to the ants, 
and this was found to be an effectual remedy for the 
time. These ants are no larger than ordinary ones in 
England, but bite with the greatest ferocity. 
The description given of the sultan at Mineenga 
will answer for all the natives in the " Land of the 
Moon," i. e., " Unyamuezi." They are a sottish and 
unambitious race, even the best of them, though by no 
means incapable of improvement. My friend Ukuli- 
ma of Ukuni was a fine old fellow, although he had 
his failings. As I resided in the verandah of his 
best house, the inside of which was occupied by the 
