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INCIDENTS IN A STANDING CAMP. 
them the white man, or " Mazoongoo," who gave them 
beef to eat, and did not, like Dr Kiengo, make use of 
divination by the horns of antelopes and the entrails 
of fowls to procure food. 
ith. — Halt. Started a second set of men ahead for 
information. The reply we received from them was, 
that Kamarasi was a great king, and that it took 
many days before a question could be referred to him. 
Such is the way that travelling is delayed in this 
country ! However, I sent a message to say that two 
days hence we meant to march to the north, even 
without permission. Heavy rain, thunder, and light- 
ning in the afternoon. Guinea-fowl crying all round 
camp. I went shooting them with ball from the trees 
in the forest, and succeeded in getting one. The grass 
at present is too tall to see beyond twenty yards ; and 
no antelopes have been seen. Water is a mile away 
from our huts, in a puddle surrounded by rushes, in 
the low part of a glade running to the north. 
6 th. — Halt. Sent a party ahead to inquire why 
we are detained. A portion of them return, saying 
they had met a number of armed Wanyoro, who asked 
why we were parading up and down the road every 
day — well get a thrashing one of these days ! By 
noon of the 7th, the remainder of the men returned 
without further news. Their commander, Mabruk, 
had seen a lion in a trap last night. The Waganda 
threw their spears into the dead animal ; while the 
brave Mabruk discharged his gun at it, to show its 
effect upon the Wanyoro, who immediately dropped 
their spears, and ran, never having heard the report 
of a gun before. 
8th. — Halt. By noon a king's messenger arrived, 
