so easily detected. Slaves were also refused,
as being; too much under the influence and
instruction o f their masters, and y e t many were
engaged o f whose character I had not the least
conception, until, months afterwards, I learned
from their quarrels in the camp how I had been
misled b y the clever rogues.
A l l those who bore g o od characters on the
Search Expedition, and had been despatched to
the assistance o f Livingstone in 1872, were
employed without delay. Out o f these the
chiefs were selected: these were, Manwa Sera,
Chowpereh, Wadi Rehani, Kachéché, Zaidi,
Chakanja, Farjalla, Wadi Safeni, Bukhet, Mabruki
Manyapara, Mabruki Unyanyembé, Muini Pembe,
Ferahan, Bwana Muri, Khamseen, Mabruki Speke,
Simba, Gardner, Hamoidah, Zaidi Mganda, and
Ulimengo.
But before real business could be entered into,
the customary present had to be distributed to
each.
Ulimengo, or the W orld, the incorrigible jo k e r
and hunter in chief o f the Search and Livingstone’s
expeditions, received a gold ring to encircle one
o f his thick b lack fingers, and a silver chain to
suspend round his neck, which caused his mouth
to expand gratefully. Rojab, who was soon
reminded o f the unlucky accident with Livingstone’s
Journal in the muddy waters o f the Mukondokwa,
w a s endowed with a munificent gift which won
him over to my service beyond fear o f bribery.
Manwa Sera, the redoubtable ambassador o f
Speke and Grant to Manwa Sera— the roy al
fugitive distressed b y the hot pursuit o f the
Arabs— the leader o f my second caravan in 1871,
the chief o f the party sent to Unyanyembé to
the assistance o f Livingstone in 1872, and now
appointed Chief Captain o f the Anglo-American
Expedition, was rendered temporarily speechless
with gratitude because I had suspended a
splendid je t necklace from his neck, and ringed
one o f his fingers with a heavy seal ring. T h e
historical Mabruki Speke, called b y one o f my
predecessors “Mabruki the Bull-headed,” who has
each time in the employ o f European explorers
conducted himself with matchless fidelity, and
is distinguished for his hawk-eyed guardianship
o f their property and interests, exhibited extravagant
rapture at the testimonial for past services
bestowed on him; while> the valiant, faithful,
sturdy Chowpereh, the man o f manifold virtues,
was rewarded for his former worth with a silver
dagger, gilt bracelet, and earrings. His wife
was also made happy with a suitable gift, and
the heir o f the Chowpereh estate, a child o f
two y e a rs, was, at his father’s urgent request,
rendered safe b y vaccine from any attack o f the
small-pox during our absence in Africa,
A ll great enterprises require a preliminary deliberative
palaver, or, as the Wangwana call it,