chap, x.] THE INTERPRETER WILL NOT SPEAK. 315 
mometer I made the altitude of the Somerset at MTooli 
4,061 feet above the sea, showing a fall of 65 feet 
between this point and below the falls at Karuma in 
a distance of .37 miles of latitude. 
“Just as Ibrahim was leaving this morning I was 
obliged to secure the slave Bacheeta as interpreter, at 
the price of three double-barrelled guns to purchase 
her freedom. I explained to her that she was now 
free, and that I wished her to act as interpreter during 
my stay in Unyoro; and that I would then leave her 
in her own country, Chopi, on my return from the 
lake. Far from being pleased at the change, she re¬ 
gretted the loss of the Turks, and became excessively 
sulky, although my wife decked her out with beads, 
and gave her a new petticoat to put her in a good 
humour/' 
“ Feb. 22 d. '—Kamrasi promised to send me porters, 
and that we should start for the lake to-day, but there 
is no sign of preparation; thus am I delayed when 
every day is so precious. Added to this trouble, the 
woman that I have as an interpreter will not speak , 
being the most sulky individual I ever encountered. 
In the .evening Kamrasi sent to say he would give 
a guide and porters to-morrow morning. It is impos¬ 
sible to depend upon him." 
After some delay we were at length honoured by 
a visit from Kamrasi, accompanied by a number of 
his people, and he promised that we should start on 
the following day. He pointed out a chief and a guide 
who were to have us in their charge, and who were to 
see that we obtained all that we should require. He 
concluded, as usual, by asking for my watch and for 
a number of beads; the latter I gave him, together 
with a quantity of ammunition for his guns. He 
showed me a beautiful double-barrelled rifle by “ Blis- 
sett," that Speke had given him. I wished to secure 
this to give to Speke on my return to England, as he 
had told me, when at Grondokoro, how he had been 
obliged to part with that and many other articles 
