came Frank and Fred— now quité recovered from
fever— tobidmegoodmorning, and to congratulate
themselves and me upon the prospective rest before
us. Next came the Wangwana and Wanya-
mwezi chiefs, to express a hope that I had
slept well, and after them the bold youths of
the Expedition; then came Prince Kaduma and
Sungoro, to whom we were bound this day to
render an account o f the journey and to give
the latest news from Zanzibar; and, lastly, the
princess and her principal friends— for introductions
have to be undergone in this land as in
others. T h e burzah lasted two hours, after
which my visitors retired to pursue their respective
avocations, which I discovered to be
principally confined, on the part o f the natives, to
gossiping, making or repairing fishing-nets, hatchets,
canoes, food-troughs, village fences, and
huts, and on the part o f our people, to arranging
plans for building their own grass-huts, being
perfectly content to endure a long stay at K a gehyi.
Though the people had only their own small
domestic affairs to engage their attentions, and
Frank and Fred were for this day relieved from
duty, I had much to do— observations to take to
ascertain the position o f K a g eh y i, and its altitude
above the sea; to prepare paper, pens,
and ink for the morrow’s report to the journals
which had despatched me to this remote and
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secluded part o f the globe; to make calculations
of the time likely to be occupied in a halt at
Kagehyi, in preparing and equipping the Lady
A lice for sea, and in circumnavigating the great
“ Nianja,” as the Wasukuma call the lake. It was
also incumbent upon me to ascertain the political
condition o f the country before leaving the port
and the camp, that my mind might be at rest
about its safety during my contemplated absence.
Estimates were also to be entered upon as to
the quantity o f cloth and beads like ly to be required
for the provisioning o f the expeditionary
force during my absence, and as to the amount
o f tribute and presents to be bestowed upon
the King o f Uchambi— o f which K a g eh y i was
only a small district, and to whom Prince K a duma
was only a subordinate and tributary. In
brief, my own personal work was but begun,
and pages would not suffice to describe in detail
the full extent o f the new duties now devolving
upon me.
During the afternoon the Wasukuma recruits
were summoned to receive farewell gifts, and
nearly all were discharged. Then 13 doti o f
cloth were measured for the King o f Uchambi,
and 10 doti for Prince Kaduma; and beads were
also given in proportion— the expectations o f
these two magnates and their favourite wives be ing
thus satisfactorily realized. These grave affairs
were not to be disposed o f as mere trivialities,