CHAP. I.] 
ARRIVAL AT TER ZARERBA. 
69 
of the shoulder-plate; the trigger-guard should like¬ 
wise be steel, and should be carried back to an equal 
distance with the above rib ; the steel should be of 
extra thickness, and screwed through to the upper 
piece; thus the two, being connected by screws above 
and below, no fall could break the stock. 
Jan. 1 9 th .—At 8 a.m, we emerged from the appa¬ 
rently endless regions of marsh grass, and saw on the 
right bank large herds of cattle, tended by naked 
natives, in a country abounding with high grass and 
mimosa wood. At 9.15 a.m* arrived at the Zareeba, 
or station of Binder, an Austrian subject, and White 
Nile trader; here we found five noggors belonging to 
him and his partner. Binders vakeel insisted upon 
giving a bullock to my people. This bullock I resisted 
for some time, until I saw that the man was affronted. 
It is impossible to procure from the natives any cattle 
by purchase. The country is now a swamp, but it 
will be passable during the dry season. Took equal 
altitudes of sun producing latitude 7° 5' 46/' The 
misery of these unfortunate blacks is beyond descrip¬ 
tion ; they will not kill their cattle, neither do they 
taste meat unless an animal dies of sickness ; they will 
not work, thus they frequently starve, existing only 
upon rats, lizards, snakes, and upon such fish as they 
can- spear. The spearing of fish is a mere hazard, as 
