CHAPTER III. 
Presentation of letter to the German Society—The General’s ruse—The 
Slave Trade—Mbweni and the Mission station—Missionaries in general 
and in particular. 
Before leaving Zanzibar I called upon Mr. Iiorneche, 
the representative of the German East African Associa¬ 
tion, to present a letter from the German Embassy. I 
had been recommended to do this by Mr. Holmwood, 
as he expected before our trip was over the Germans 
would have pushed up country as far as Kilima-njaro, 
and our presence there might make them suspicious 
about our real motives. 
Mr. Iiorneche Avas all civility, and strongly recom¬ 
mended us to take the Pangani route, as they had 
already established a feAV stations along it, Avhereas 
they as yet had none the other Avay; and he added, 
that if Ave decided upon this road, he Avould tell all his 
countrymen to assist us as best they could and to point 
out the best and safest hunting grounds. 
We had been Avarned to keep clear of the Germans 
as much as possible, for up to that time they had no 
firm hold on the natives, and were in fact regarded 
Avith much suspicion; had Ave therefore appeared to 
be under their protection Ave should have shared in 
the sense of disfavour they seemed to have aroused, 
