These Are Generally Harmless, But Sometimes Not; But
They Come And They Go Again Without Any Visible Cause.
1st. - Musa's men now started for Rungua, and promised to bring
all the porters we wanted by the first day of the next moon.
We
found that this would be early enough, for all the members of the
expedition, excepting myself, were suffering from the effects of
the wilderness life - some with fever, some with scurvy, and some
with ophthalmia - which made it desirable they should all have
rest. Little now was done besides counting out my property, and
making Sheikh Said, who became worse and worse, deliver his
charge of Cafila Bashi over to Bombay for good. When it was
found so much had been stolen, especially of the best articles, I
was obliged to purchase many things from Musa, paying 400 per
cent, which he said was their value here, over the market price
of Zanzibar. I also got him to have all my coils of brass and
copper wire made into bracelet, as is customary, to please the
northern people.
7th. - To-day information was brought here that whilst Manua Sera
was on his way from Ugogo to keep his appointment with me, Sheikh
Snay's army came on him at Tura, where he was ensconced in a
tembe. Hearing this, Snay, instead of attacking the village at
once, commenced negotiations with the chief of the place by
demanding him to set free his guest, otherwise they, the Arabs,
would storm the tembe.
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