25 th to 2d.—-I now set to work, collecting, stuffing,
and drawing, until the 2d, when Mtisa’s men came in
with ;three hundred men, whom I sent on to Kazó at
once with my specimens and letters, directing Müsa and
Bombay to come on and join us immediately. Whilst
waiting for these men’s return, one of Sirboko’s slaves,
chained up by him, in the most piteous manner cried out
to me: “ Hai Bana wangi, Bana wangi (Oh, my lord,
my lord), take pity on me ! When I was a free man I saw
you at Uvira, on the Tanganyika lake, when you were
there; but since then the Watüta, in a fight at Ujiji,
speared me all over and left me for dead, when I was
seized by the people, sold to the Arabs, and have been in
chains ever since. Oh, I say, Bana wangi, if you would
only liberate me I would never rim away, but would serve
you faithfully all my life.” This touching appeal was too
strong for my heart to withstand, so I called up Sirboko,
and told him, if he would liberate this one man to please
me he should be no loser; and the release was effected.
He was then christened Farhan (Joy), and was enrolled in
my service with the rest of my freed men. I then inquired
if it was true the Wabembé were cannibals, and also circumcised.
In one of their slaves the latter statement was
easily confirmed. I was assured that he was a cannibal;
for the whole tribe of Wabembé, when they cannot get
human flesh otherwise, give a goat to their neighbours for
a sick or dying child, regarding such flesh as the best of
all. No other cannibals, however, were known o f; but
the Masai, and their cognates, the Wahumba, Watatürü,
Wakasangé, Wanyaramba, and even the Wagogo and
Wakimbü, circumcise.
On the 15th I was surprised to find Bombay come in
with all my rear property and a great quantity of Musa’s,
but without the old man. By a -letter from Sheikh Said
I then found that, since my leaving Kazé, the Arabs had,
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