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three times as large as any of the others, and stood by
itself at the farther end; whilst the smaller huts, containing
his officers and domestics, were arranged in little
groups within the circle, at certain distances apart from
one another, sufficient to allow of their stalling their cattle
at night.
On descending into the Uthungfi valley, Grant, who was
preceding the men, found Makinga opposed to the progress
of the caravan until his dues were paid. He was a
stranger like ourselves, and was consequently treated with
scorn, until he tried to maintain what he called his right,
by pulling the loads off my men’s shoulders, whereupon
Grant cowed him into submission, and all went on again—
not to the palace, as we had supposed, but, by the direction
of the mace-bearers, to the huts of Siiwarora’s commander-
in-chief, two miles from the palace; and here we found
Masudis camp also. We had no sooner formed camp for
ourselves and arranged all' our loads, than the eternal
Vikora, whom I thought we had settled with before we
started, made a claim for some more wire, cloth, and beads,
as he had not received as much as Kariwami and Yirembo.
Of course I would not listen to this, as I had paid what
his men asked for, and that was enough for me. Just
then Masudi, with the other Arabs who were travelling
with him, came over to pay us a visit, and inquire what
we thought of the Usui taxes. He had just concluded
his hongo to Siiwarora by paying 80 wires, 120 yards of
cloth, and 130 lb. of beads, whilst he had also paid to
every officer from 20 to 40 wires, as well as cloths and
beads. On hearing of my transactions, he gave it as his
opinion that I had got off surprisingly well.
Next morning (1st) Masudi and his party started for
Karagud They had been more than a year between this
and Kaz6, trying all the time to get along. Provisions
here were abundant—hawked about by the people, who
wore a very neat skin kilt strapped round the waist, but