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CHAPTER XII. 
Karagwe and its Gentle King. 
After his long stay in Uganda, Mr. Stanley and his 
large following journeyed westwards to what he believed 
to be the Albert Nyanza, or Lake Albert ; but it was 
afterwards found that he had really discovered another 
lake, which on his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha he 
named Albert Edward. From this lake he made his 
way southwards to Ujiji on the east shore of Tanganika. 
On the way he stayed some time in the country of 
Karagwe, of whose gentle old king, the friend of Grant, 
he gives a charming account. In February, 1876, the 
expedition arrived at Kafurro, an Arab station in 
Karagwe. Mr. Stanley proceeds with his narrative as 
follows : 
Kafurro owes its importance to being a settlement of 
two or three rich Arab traders, Hamed Ibrahim, Sayid 
bin Sayf, and Sayid the Muscat!. It is situated within 
a deep hollow or valley fully 1200 feet below the tops 
of the surrounding mountains, and at the spring source 
of a stream flowing east and afterwards north to the 
Alexandra Nile. 
Hamed Ibrahim is rich in cattle, slaves, and ivory. 
Assuming his own figures to be correct, he possesses 
150 cattle, bullocks, and milch cows, forty goats, 100 
slaves, and 450 tusks of ivory, the greater part of which 
last is reported to be safely housed in the safe keeping 
of his friend the chief of Urangwa in Unyamwezi. 
Hamed has a spacious and comfortable gable-roofed 
house. He has a number of concubines, and several 
children. He is a fine, gentlemanly-looking Arab, of a 
light complexion, generous and hospitable to friends, 
liberal to his slaves, and kind to his women. He has 
