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before any one could visit him or pass those barriers, 
where men always stood, like porters at the Govern- 
ment offices. The ordinary mode of salutation of an 
Unyambo or ryot of Karague, when he reached a 
circle of people seated, was to present the end of 
his staff to each acquaintance, who touched it, say- 
ing, " Verembe, verembe, verembe kooroongee," i. e., 
How do you do, how do you do, how do you do? are 
you very well ? The same answer would be given, 
and the same salutation exchanged, if two met upon 
the road. To a superior they also hold out the stick, 
bnt it is only acknowledged by a nod from him. 
Crime was seldom observed or heard of, but the 
people had their distinct punishments, and traders had 
the protection of the sultan. A caravan of Moossah s 
was plundered by the Urigi chief, who was at once 
arrested and made over as a slave, to be dealt with at 
the coast as Moossah chose. The property lost or 
destroyed was doubly repaid by the sultan in ivory, 
and the chief, in gratitude to Moossah for not making 
a prisoner of him, promised a present of ten tusks 
every time his caravan should pass through his dis- 
trict. I am indebted to M'nanagee, who judges all 
cases for his brother the king, for the following list of 
offences with their punishments : — An ear is cut off 
for adultery; if the case occurs with a slave or a 
princess, the offender is tortured, as in the Ukuni case, 
and his throat is cut. Simple theft : kept in the 
stocks from two to ten months. Striking and assault- 
ing with stick : ten goats. Assault with spear, bow 
and arrow : property confiscated, half going to the sul- 
tan and half to the injured party; if the culprit has no 
property, he is put into the stocks. Murder : all pro- 
