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morning, however, it appeared, from the tracks of the 
animal, that he must have been dancing about it on 
his hind legs like a bear. Our cattle, though in a 
perfectly open fold, the hyena never attacks, as the 
cows would kick him out of the place. 
My men, without permission, went to Budja, re- 
questing him to get vegetables in exchange for the 
beef of a blind, lame old cow, that was killed to-day. 
He sent some of his boy-pages with them to the vil- 
lagers, with an order that two loads of potatoes for 
each mess should be made over to them without pay- 
ment. This was done. 
I sketched the two Wahuma girls belonging to my 
camp. The prettiest, " Sikujua," is young but very 
black, and her history is curious. When at Uganda, 
Speke's men had to forage, seizing what food they 
could lay hands on. One man got his head broken, 
but he succeeded in making a prisoner of this little girl, 
and took her home with him as his mode of redress. 
No one ever came to claim her, and she remained his 
property. She had the pretty oval face and large 
ears of the Wahuma ; and no doubt, as those with a 
dark skin thrive best at Zanzibar, she is considered 
there a great beauty. The other sketch was of a 
younger girl given to Speke by the queen of Uganda, 
and now the property of Bombay. She had a yellow 
skin, fine eyes, and a rather droll face and figure. 
2d and 3d. — Halt. A man who had gone from 
Unyoro to Kawalogeh for salt, brings intelligence that 
Speke had gone far up the river. This afterwards 
proved to be quite true. No tidings from him or the 
king of Unyoro. Slight shower about noon. Leg 
stiff again. One of Budja's men, who had been to sell 
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