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women near Karee, confirmed what we yesterday 
heard about Speke's movements. This man had ob- 
tained ten cows in exchange for two women kidnapped 
on our march. At Uganda capital they would have 
fetched only five cows. We have a few of the African 
tribe, called Mukooa, in camp. They are marked on 
the forehead with a stamp resembling a horse-shoe, 
called " real " or dollar, and three horizontal cuts are 
made with a knife on each temple. 
Being out of smoking tobacco, I sent a man with 
half a brisket of beef to purchase some from the vil- 
lagers. In exchange he brought back four packets, 
each the size of an egg. Others were bought for ten 
cowries each, or its equivalent, a single necklace of 
common beads. 
Seedees have strong attachments. Separated from 
their parents in childhood by slavery, they are cast 
upon the world, and become devoted to some one — it 
may be their first master — whom they look upon as 
their protector and adviser for years, or even for life. 
Instances of this often occurred. On my directing 
that a party of five should proceed ahead for orders, 
one man stepped forward and volunteered ; his pupil, 
child, or " m'toto," at once made another, as he would 
not see his patron risk his life, or be put to inconveni- 
ence, without sharing the danger himself. A story 
told me by Frij also illustrates this attachment : Some 
years ago he was proceeding to sea from Zanzibar, 
when four boys were placed under his charge by their 
relatives, to learn their duty. A storm struck the 
vessel while a boy of his was aloft in imminent danger. 
Frij went up the rigging, tied the lad to a rope, and 
lowered him down all safe, but the difficulty now was 
