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were placed within a fence made to surround the only 
door of a hut occupied by a M'nyamuezee, Manua, 
who constituted himself their guardian. On receiving 
an order to slaughter one, our table-knives were called 
into requisition because the common country knife 
had no guard to it, and was not considered lawful. 
The Seedees, though knowing nothing of the Moham- 
medan religion, the majority not being circumcised, 
were much more particular on those occasions, and 
offered more opinions than a "moulvie," or Mussul- 
man priest, would. "The animal must lie facing a 
proper direction "a certain man must officiate," &c. 
The tracks of elephants and buffalo were numerous, 
but none of the animals were seen ; neither did we 
shoot any lions, but we heard them at night. It was 
not a roar, neither was it the sound a lion makes in a 
menagerie; at the time I considered it to be no more 
alarming, even to a novice, than if one were to blow 
through a cow's horn. Two zebra were shot by Speke, 
and eaten by the Waganda escort, and the skins, being 
the property of royalty, were simply left in a hut, the 
proprietor of which was bound to have them conveyed 
to the palace. Pallah, hartebeest, and other antelope 
were seen or shot, and might have been hunted on 
horseback at certain seasons. The n'jezza, whose 
horns curved over the brow, was new to us. None of 
these animals were ever seen in herds ; a dozen to- 
gether would be considered a large number. As it was 
also a great cattle country, the natives tried to trap 
the lion by means of a number of logs raised high on 
end. When the animal came under them for the bait 
of a live goat, all the logs, guided by piles on either 
side, fell in a mass, crushing him, somewhat after the 
