200 
DEMAND FOB GUNPOWDER AND CALICO. 
This trade causes bloodshed; for when a poor family te 
selected as the victims it is necessary to get rid of tho 
older members of it, because they are supposed to bo able 
to give annoyance to tho chief afterward by moans of 
enchantments. The belief in the power of charms for 
good or evil produces not only honesty, but a great amount 
of gentle dealing. The powerful are often restrained in 
their despotism from a fear that the weak and helpless 
may injure them by their medical knowledge. 
When we wished to move on, Kabinje refused a guide to 
the next village, because he was at war with it ; but, after 
much persuasion, ho consented, provided that tho guide 
should bo allowed to return as soon as he came in sight 
of tho enemy’s village. This wo felt to be a misfortune, 
as the people all suspect a man who comes telling his own 
tale ; but, there being no help for it, we went on, and found 
tho head-man of a village on the rivulet Kalomba, called 
Kangenko, a very different man from what his enemy 
represented. Wo found, too, that the idea of buying and 
selling took tho place of giving for friendship. As 1 had 
nothing with which to purchase food except a parcel of 
beads, which were preserved for worse times, 1 began to feai 
that we should soon be compelled to suffer more from 
hunger than we had done. The people demanded gun- 
powder for every thing. If we had possessed any quan- 
tity of that article, we should have got on woll, for here 
it is of great value. On our return, near this spot we 
found a good-sized fowl was sold for a single charge of 
gunpowder. Next to that, English calico was in groai 
demand, and so were beads; but money was of no value 
whatever. Gold is quite unknown ; it is thought to be 
brass : trade is carried on by barter alone. The people 
know nothing of money. A purse-proud person would 
hero feel tho ground move from beneath his feet. Occasion- 
ally a large piece of copper, in the shape of a St. Andrew’s 
cross, is offered for sale. 
February 27. — Kangenko promptly furnished guide* 
