to call him to account in that way, but he was not surprised at it, as Baraka, from the beginning of the journey to the present moment, had always been backbiting him, to try and usurp his posi tion. Baraka, at this, somewhat taken aback, said there was no such things as perquisites on a journey like this; for whatever could be saved from the chiefs was for the common good of all, and all alike ought to share in it-repeating words I had often expressed. Then Bombay retorted, trembling and foaming in his liquor: "I know I shall get the worst of it, for while Baraka's tongue is a yard long, mine is only an inch; but I would not have spent any wires of master's to purchase slaves with (alluding to what Baraka had done at Mihambo), nor would I for any pur pose of making myself richer; but when it comes to a wife, that's a different thing."

In my heart I liked Bombay all the more for this confession, but thought it necessary to extol Baraka for his quickness in finding him out, which drove Bombay nearly wild. He wished me to degrade him if I thought him dishonest; threw himself on the ground, and kissed my feet. I might thrash him, turn him into a porter, or do any thing else that I liked with him, as long as I did not bring a charge of dishonesty against him. He could not explain himself with Baraka's long tongue opposed to him, but there were many deficiencies in my wires before he took overcharge at Bogué, which he must leave for settlement till the journey was over, and then, the whole question having been sifted at Zanzibar, we would see who was the most honest. I then counted all the wires over at Bombay's request, and found them complete in numbers, without those he had set aside for the dowry money. Still there was a doubt, for the wires might have been cut by him without detection, as from the commencement they were of different lengths. However, I tried to make them friends, claimed all the wires myself, and cautioned every man in the camp again that they were all losers when any thing was misappropriated; for I brought this property to pay our way with, and. whatever balance was over at the end of the journey I would divide among the whole of them.

12th and 13th. When more sober, Bombay again came to crave a thousand pardons for what he had done, threw himself down at my feet, then at Grant's, kissed our toes, swore I was his Ma Bap (father and mother); he had no father or mother to teach him better; he owed all his prosperity to me; men must err some

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times; oh, if I would only forgive him-and so forth. Then, being assured that I knew he never would have done as he had if a woman's attractions had not led him astray, he went to his work again like a man, and consoled himself by taking Sangizo's sister to wife on credit instead of the old love, promising to pay the needful out of his pay, and to return her to her brother when the journey was over.

In the evening Virembo and Karambulé came to receive the hongo for their chief, demanding 60 wires, 160 yards merikani, 300 strings of mzizima, and 5000 strings of white beads; but they allowed themselves to be beaten down to 50 wires, 20 pretty cloths, 100 strings mzizima, and 4000 kŭtŭamnazi, or cocoa-nutleaf colored beads, my white being all done. It was too late, however, to count all the things out, so they came the next day and took them. They then said we might go as soon as we had settled with the Wahinda or Wanawami (the king's children), for Suwarora could not see us this time, as he was so engaged with his army; but he hoped to see us and pay us more respect when we returned from Uganda, little thinking I had sworn in my mind never to see him, or return that way again. I said to those men, I thought he was ashamed to see us, as he had robbed us so after inviting us into the country, else he was too superstitious, for he ought at least to have given us a place in his palace. They both rebutted the insinuation; and, to change the subject, commenced levying the remaining dues to the princes, which ended by my giving thirty-four wires and six pretty cloths in a lump.

Early in the morning we were on foot again, only too thankful to have got off so cheaply. Then men were apTo Kitaré, 15th. pointed as guides and protectors, to look after us as far as the border. What an honor! We had come into the country drawn there by a combination of pride and avarice, and now we were leaving it in hot haste under the guidance of an escort of officers, who were in reality appointed to watch us as dangerous wizards and objects of terror. It was all the same to us, as we now only thought of the prospect of relief before us, and laughed at what we had gone through.

Rising out of the Uthungu valley, we walked over rolling ground, drained in the dips by miry rush rivulets. The population was thinly scattered in small groups of grass huts, where the scrub jungle had been cleared away. On the road we passed

cairns, to which every passer-by contributed a stone. Of the origin of the cairns I could not gain any information, though it struck me as curious I should find them in the first country we had entered governed by the Wahŭma, as I formerly saw the same thing in the Somali country, which doubtless, in earlier days, was governed by a branch of the Abyssinians. Arrived at our camping, we were immediately pounced upon by a deputation of officers, who said they had been sent by Semamba, the officer of this district. He lived ten miles from the road; but, hearing of our approach, he had sent these men to take his dues. At first I objected to pay, lest he should afterward treat me as Virembo had done; but I gave way in the end, and paid nine wires, two chintz and two bindéra cloths, as the guides said they would stand my security against any farther molestation. Rattling on again as merry as larks, over the same red sandstone formation, we entered a fine forest, and trended on through it at a stiff pace until we arrived at the head of a deep valley called Lohŭgati, which was so beautiful we instinctively pulled up to admire it. Deep down its well-wooded side below us was a stream, of most inviting aspect for a troutfisher, flowing toward the N'yanza. Just beyond it the valley was clothed with fine trees and luxuriant vegetation of all descriptions, among which was conspicuous the pretty pandana palm, and rich gardens of plantains, while thistles of extraordinary size and wild indigo were the more common weeds. The land beyond that again rolled back in high undulations, over which, in the far distance, we could see a line of cones, red and bare on their tops, guttered down with white streaks, looking for all the world like recent volcanoes; and in the far background, rising higher than all, were the rich grassy hills of Karagué and Kishakka.

To Vihembé, 16th.

On resuming our march, a bird called khongota flew across our path; seeing which, old Nasib, beaming with joy, in his superstitious belief cried out with delight, "Ah! look at that good omen! now our journey will be sure to be prosperous." After fording the stream, we sat down to rest, and were visited by all the inhabitants, who were more naked than any people we had yet seen. All the maidens, even at the age of puberty, did not hesi tate to stand boldly in front of us-for evil thoughts were not in their minds. From this we rose over a stony hill to the settlement of Vihembé, which, being the last on the Usui frontier, in

duced me to give our guides three wires each, and four yards of bindéra, which Nasib said was their proper fee. Here Bombay's would-be, but disappointed father-in-law sent after us to say that he required a hongo; Suwarora had never given his sanction to our quitting his country; his hongo even was not settled. He wished, moreover, particularly to see us; and if we did not return in a friendly manner, an army would arrest our march immediately.

CHAPTER VIII.

KARAGUÉ.

Relief from Protectors and Pillagers.-The Scenery and Geology.-Meeting with the friendly King Rămanika.-His Hospitalities and Attention.-His Services to the Expedition.-Philosophical and Theological Inquiries.-The Royal Family of Karagué.-The M-fumbiro Mountain.-Navigation of "The Little Windermere."-The New-moon Levée.-Rhinoceros and Hippopotamus Hunting. Measurement of a fattened Queen.-Political Polygamy.-Christmas.-Rumors of Petherick's Expedition.-Arrangements to meet it.-March to Uganda.

To Vigura, 17th.

THIS was a day of relief and happiness. A load was removed from us in seeing the Wasui "protectors" depart, with the truly cheering information that we now had nothing but wild animals to contend with before reaching Karagué. This land is "neutral," by which is meant that it is untenanted by human beings; and we might now hope to bid adieu for a time to the scourging system of taxation to which we had been subjected.

Gradually descending from the spur which separates the Lohŭgati valley from the bed of the Luérů lo Urigi, or Lake of Urigi, the track led us first through a meadow of much pleasing beauty, and then through a passage between the "saddle-back" domes we had seen from the heights above Lohugati, where a new geological formation especially attracted my notice. From the green slopes of the hills, set up at a slant, as if the central line of pressure on the dome top had weighed on the inside plates, protruded soft slabs of argillaceous sandstone, whose lamina presented a beefsandwich appearance, puce or purple alternating with creamy