shawl, with
ornaments of gold and silver on her head. These ladies had a jaunty
walk, and never gave in on the longest march; many pounds' weight of
fine copper leglets above the ankles seemed only to help the sway of
their walk: as soon as they arrive at the sleeping-place they begin to
cook, and in this art they show a good deal of expertness, making
savoury dishes for their masters out of wild fruits and other not very
likely materials.

_3rd November, 1867._--The ranges of hills retire as we advance; the
soil is very rich. At two villages the people did not want us, so we
went on and encamped near a third, Kabwakwa, where a son of Mohamad
bin Saleh, with a number of Wanyamwesi, lives. The chief of this part
is Muabo, but we did not see him: the people brought plenty of food
for us to buy. The youth's father is at Casembe's. The country-people
were very much given to falsehood--every place inquired for was
near--ivory abundant--provisions of all sorts cheap and plenty. Our
headmen trusted to these statements of this young man rather, and he
led them to desist going further. Rua country was a month distant, he
said, and but little ivory there. It is but three days off. (We saw it
after three days.) "No ivory at Casembe's or here in Buire, or
Kabuire." He was right as to Casembe. Letters, however, came from
Hamees, with news of a depressing nature. Chitimba is dead, and so is
Mambwe. Chitimba's people are fighting for the chieftainship: great
hunger prevails there now, the Arabs having bought up all the food.
Moriri, a chief dispossessed of his country by Nsama, wished Hamees to
restore his possessions, but Hamees said that he had made peace, and
would not interfere.

This unfavourable news from a part where the chief results of their
trading were deposited, made Syde and Tipo Tipo decide to remain in
Buire only ten or twenty days, send out people to buy what ivory they
could find, and then, retire.

As Syde and Tipo Tipo were sending men to Casembe for ivory, I
resolved to go thither first, instead of shaping my course for Ujiji.

Very many cases of goitre in men and women here: I see no reason for
it. This is only 3350 feet above the sea.

_7th November, 1867._--Start for Moero, convoyed by all the Arabs for
some distance: they have been extremely kind. We draw near to the
mountain-range on our left, called Kakoma, and sleep at one of
Kaputa's villages, our course now being nearly south.

_8th November, 1867.