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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
day to render an account of the journey and to give 
the latest news from Zanzibar ; and, lastly, the princess 
and her principal friends — for introductions have to 
be undergone in this land as in others. The burzah 
lasted two hours, after which my visitors retired to 
pursue their respective avocations, which I discovered 
to be principally confined, on the part of the natives, 
to gossiping, making or repairing fishing-nets, hatchets, 
THE EXPEDITION. 
canoes, food-troughs, village fences, and huts ; and on 
the part of our people to arranging plans for building 
their own grass-huts, being perfectly content to endure 
a long stay at Ivagehyi. 
Though the people had only their own small domestic 
affairs to engage their attentions, and Frank and Fred 
were for this day relieved from duty, I had much to 
do — observations to take to ascertain the position of 
