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commercially politic, and Superior in tact, that only 
downright treachery can entrap them to death. They 
have so many friends also that they soon become in- 
formed of danger, and dangerous places are tabooed. 
The governor of the Arab colony of Ujiji, having been 
an old friend, was, as may be supposed, courteous and 
hospitable to me, and Mohammed bin Gharib, who was 
so good to Livingstone between Marungu and Ujiji, as 
far as Manyema, did his best to show me friendly atten- 
tion. Such luxuries as sweetmeats, wheaten bread, 
rice, and milk were supplied so freely by Muini Kheri 
and Sheikh Mohammed that both Frank and myself 
began to increase rapidly in weight. 
Judging from their rotundity of body, it may fairly 
be said that both the friends enjoy life. The governor 
is of vast girth, and Mohammed weighs probably only 
two stone less. The preceding governor, Mohammed 
bin Sali, was also of ample circumference, from which I 
conclude that the climate of Ujiji agrees with the Arab 
constitution. It certainly did not suit mine while I 
was with Livingstone, for I was punished with remittent 
and intermittent fever of such severe type and virulence 
that in three months I was reduced in weight to seven 
stone ! 
Muini Kheri’s whole wealth consists of about 120 
slaves, male and female, eighty guns, eighty frasilah of 
ivory, two tembes, or houses, a wheat and rice field, 
nine canoes with oars and sails, forty head of cattle, 
twenty goats, thirty bales of cloth, and twenty sacks of 
beads, 350 lbs. of brass wire, and 200 lbs. of iron wire, 
all of which, appraised in the Ujiji market, might 
perhaps realize 18,000 dollars. His friend Mohammed 
is probably worth 3000 dollars only ! Sultan bin Ivassim 
may estimate the value of his property at 10,000 dollars, 
Abdullah bin Suliman, the owner of the Great Eastern 
of Lake Tanganika, at 15,000 dollars. Other Arabs of 
Ujiji may be rated at from 100 to 3000 dollars. 
Sheikh Mohammed bin Gharib is the owner of the 
finest house. It is about 100 feet long by twenty-five 
feet in width and fourteen feet in height. A broad 
