est
to encourage the men, and let us march in the morning." On this, as
on other occasions of the same kind, I tried to impart confidence, by
explaining, in allusion to Petherick's expedition, that I had arranged
to meet white men coming up from the north. Baraka at last said, "All
right--I am not afraid; I will do as you desire." But as the two were
walking off, I heard Wadimoyo say to Baraka, "Is he not afraid now?
won't he go back?"--which, if anything, alarmed me more than the first
intelligence; for I began to think that they, and not Makaka, had got up
the story.

All night Makaka's men patrolled the village, drumming and shouting to
keep off the Watuta, and the next morning, instead of a march, after
striking my tent I found that the whole of my porters, the Pig's
children, were not to be found. They had gone off and hidden themselves,
saying that they were not such fools as to go any farther, as the Watuta
were out, and would cut us up on the road. This was sickening indeed.

I knew the porters had not gone far, so I told the Pig to bring them to
me, that we might talk the matter over; but say what I would, they all
swore they would not advance a step farther. Most of them were formerly
men of Utambara. The Watuta had invaded their country and totally
destroyed it, killing all their wives and children, and despoiling
everything they held dear to them. They did not wish to rob me, and
would give up their hire, but not one step more would they advance.
Makaka then came forward and said, "Just stop here with me until this
ill wind blows over"; but Baraka, more in a fright at Makaka than at any
one else, said, No--he would do anything rather than that; for Makaka's
bullying had made him quite ill. I then said to my men, "If nothing else
will suit you, the best plan I can think of is to return to Mihambo in
Bogue, and there form a depot, where, having stored my property, I shall
give the Pig a whole load, or 63 lb., of Mzizima beads if he will take
Baraka in disguise on to Suwarora, and ask him to send me eighty men,
whilst I go back to Unyanyembe to see what men I can get from the late
Musa's establishment, and then we might bring on Grant, and move in a
body together." At first Baraka said, "Do you wish to have us killed? Do
you think if we went to Suwarora's you would ever see us back again?
You would wait and wait for us, but we should never return." To which I
replied, "Oh, Baraka, do not think so! Bombay, if h