and rejecting every article that we could p o s sibly
subsist without. Our sick were many,
twenty had died, and eighty-nine had deserted,
between the coast and Vinyata!
"While examining the cloth bales, we discovered
that several were wet from the excessive
rains o f U g o g o , and to save therti from being
ruined, it was imperative, though impolitic, that
we should spread the cloths to dry. In the
midst o f this work, the great magic doctor o f
Vinyata came to p a y me a visit, bringing with
him a fine fat o x as a peace offering. Being
the first we had received since leaving Kitalalo,
we regarded it as a propitious omen, and I
showed b y my warmth toward the ancient Mga-
nga that I was ready to reciprocate his kindness.
He was introduced to my tent, and after being
sociably entertained with exceedingly sweet
coffee and some o f Huntley and Palmer’s best
and sweetest biscuits, he was presented with
fifteen cloths, thirty necklaces, and ten yards o f
brass wire, which repaid him fourfold for his ox.
Trivial things, such as empty sardine boxes,
soup and bouilli pots, and empty jam tins, were
successively bestowed on him as he b eg g ed for
them. T he horizon appeared clearer than ever,
when he entreated me to go through the p ro cess
o f blood-brotherhood, which I underwent
with all the ceremonious gravity o f a pagan.
A s he was finally departing, he saw preparations
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being made to despatch the ox, and he expressed
his desire that the heart o f the animal should
be returned to him. While he stayed for it, I
observed with uneasiness that he and his following
cast lingering glances upon the cloths which
were drying in camp.
During the day the Wangwana received several
days’ back rations, towards repairing the
havoc which the jungle o f Uveriveri and famine-
stricken U g o g o had effected in their frames, and
our intercourse with the natives this day was most
friendly. But before retiring for the night, Manwa
Sera and his scouts returned with the report
that . “ Raif Halleck’s ” dead b o d y had been
discovered, gashed with over thirty wounds,
on the edge o f a wood between Izanjeh and
Vinyata!
“We cannot help it, my friends,” I said after
a little deliberation. “ W e can mourn for him,
but we cannot avenge him. Go and tell the
people to take warning from his fate not to
venture too far from the camp, and when on
the march not to lag behind the caravan; and
yo u , who are the chiefs and in charge o f the
rear, must not again leave a sick man to find
his w a y unprotected to camp.”
T he next day the magic doctor appeared
about 8 A.M. to receive another present, and as
he brought with him about a quart o f curded
milk, he was not disappointed. He also received