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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION . 
Manyema is variously pronounced as Mani-yema, 
Manu-ema, Mani-wema, but the first is the most popular. 
For the spelling of the name Tanga-nika, I still main- 
tain that that is the most correct, and that it is purer 
African than Tanga-ny-ika. Neither Arab, Mgwana, 
nor aborigine of the interior ever approached such a 
sound. It is pronounced the same as Amerika, Afrika, 
Angel-ica, Freder-ica. I have only heard one name 
throughout Africa resembling that which I reject, and 
that was Ny-ika, King of Gambaragara, pronounced 
Nye-ika. 
Tippu-Tib arrived at Nyangwe' on the 2nd of 
November, with a much larger force than I anticipated, 
for he had nearly TOO people with him. However, he 
explained that he was about to send some 300 of them 
to a country called Tata, which lies to the east of 
Usongora Meno. 
On the 4th of November the members of the Expedi- 
tion were mustered, and we ascertained that they 
numbered 146,* and that we possessed the following 
arms — Sniders, 29 ; percussion -lock muskets, 32 ; Win- 
chesters, 2 ; double-barrelled guns, 2 ; revolvers, 10 ; 
axes, 68. Out of this number of sixty -four guns, only 
forty were borne by trustworthy men ; the others were 
mere pagazis, who would prefer becoming slaves to 
fighting for their freedom and lives. At the same time 
they were valuable as porters, and faithful to their 
allotted duties and their contract when not enticed 
away by outside influences or fear. The enormous force 
that Tippu-Tib brought to Nyangwe quite encouraged 
them, and when I asked them if they were ready to 
make good their promise to me at Zanzibar and Muta 
Nzige lake, they replied unanimously in the affirmative. 
“ Then to-night, my friends,” said I, “ you will pack 
up your goods, and to-morrow morning at the first 
hour let me see you in line before my house ready to 
start.” 
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* This number was finally increased by the addition of six stout young- 
fellows from Nyangwe, which made our total number of men, women, 
and children (sons of the Wangwana, from Zanzibar), 154. 
