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his investigations. But this time his former host, 
Mandara, chief of Mosi, disappointed in the quantity 
and quality of the presents brought to him by Mr. 
New, robbed the explorer of nearly all he possessed, 
including his gold chronometer (given him by the 
Royal Geographical Society) and his silver aneroid. 
Then poor New, broken-hearted, and sick with anxiety 
and fatigue, turned his steps towards the coast, and 
died ere he reached Mombasa. I have an impression 
from what Mandara himself has told me, that his 
animosity and rapacity were aroused with respect to 
New by the latter’s too vehement and perhaps inju¬ 
dicious harangues against slavery. Mandara declared 
that Mr. New had incited openly his subjects to rebel 
against him, but this I think highly improbable. It 
is possible that the missionary inveighed against slavery 
in such a way that Mandara dreaded lest his utter¬ 
ances should have the effect of arousing his serfs to a 
wish for freedom, and that he therefore robbed him 
and cast him out of his kingdom. This view of the 
case is supported by the accounts given by an old 
friend of New’s, Kapitau, an intelligent and pleasant- 
mannered coast trader, with whom I have had much 
conversation. This man retains an earnest respect 
for the missionary, and accuses Mandara of having 
wished to poison him. 
After New’s death, Kilima-njaro remained unvisited 
until quite recently, when, in 1883, Mr. Joseph Thom¬ 
son arrived there, on his journey across Masai-land. 
He also visited Mandara, and was also robbed by that 
rapacious chieftain. Starting from Mosi he ascended 
to an altitude of nearly 9000 feet, made a small col¬ 
lection of plants, and pursued his journeys, which 
ultimately led him nearly all round the base of the 
