altered demeanour o f the natiyes and to observe
that their fierce temper had abated.
King Kamiru received u.s with princely magnifi.
c.ence. T h e Wazongora who were with us
extolled me as a father and begged his permission
to accompany me to Uganda. Kamiru,
a bluff, hearty old man, kindly consented, and
furnished us with canoes to replace four o f the
most rotten o f the vessels from Ukerewé, which
required constant caulking and baling to prevent
their foundering. The generous king supplied
Frank and myself with such a quantity o f milk
and honey that several potfuls broke, and a
section o f the boat was a couple o f inches deep
with the luscious mixture, which the boat’s crew
licked up with broad grins o f satisfaction.
A b a y separates Ihangiro from King Kamiru’s
land. W e were encamped on the north side,
which belongs to Kamfru; had we ventured on
the south side, we should have been in the
enemy s country, Pegfirous o f showing some
kindness to Shekka and his friends, I made proposals
to Kamiru to accept them on behalf of
Mtesa and to negotiate with Antari for their
release, but the king peremptorily refused, saying
that he would be unable to protect them, and
as th ey were Mtesa’s subjects, they ought to be
given up to him.
On the 8th A u g u s t we arrived once more on
the little island o f Musirá, whither we had before
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been driven b y the natives o f Makongo, in King
Kytawa’s country. T he elders o f all the villages
along his coast greeted us with acclamation.
Makongo outdid the generosity o f Kamiru, for
it sent four oxen besides 200 bunches o f bananas.
Kytawa despatched quite a little army to bear
his salaams and gifts, of provisions and messages,
thanking’ me for avenging the death o f his chief,
and making an offer o f twenty canoes if I were
short o f vessels.
Inspired b y the effect* on the Wazongora which
the punishment o f the natives o f Bumbireh had
created, Sabadu hinted that it would be desirable
to threaten Kyozza, the king o f northern Uzon-
gora, but he was speedily made to understand
that white men only fought in self-defence.
A s we proceeded b y Kyoz za’s villages, K a g y a ,
Weza, .and Bugavu, the inhabitants lined the
shores without arms and loudly greeted us; and
when we stopped for our midday meal at a
village near Weza, a messenger from Kyoz za
came and promised us ten oxen if we would
wait for that day and accept his hospitalities.
We returned a courteous rep ly, but refused,
upon the ground that we were in a hurry to
proceed to Uganda.
W e halted at Mezinda, and on the 12th August,
passing b y the mouth of the Alexandra Nile
and Chawasimba Point, directed our course for
Dumo, in Uganda, at which place we arrived