nts I had given them, than he flew
into a passion, called them imposters, abused them for not speaking to
him before they came to me, and said he would not allow them to go. High
words then ensued. I said the business was mine, and not his; he had no
right to interfere, and they should go. Still Lumeresi was obstinate,
and determined they should not, for I was his guest; he would not allow
any one to defraud me. It was a great insult to himself, if true, that
Suwarora should attempt to snatch me out of his house; and he could not
bear to see me take these strangers by the hand, when, as we have seen,
it took him so long to entice me to his den, and he could not prevail
over me until he actually sent his copper hatchet.

When this breeze blew over, by Lumeresi's walking away, I told the Wasui
not to mind him, but to do just as I bid them. They said they had their
orders to bring me, and if Lumeresi would not allow them to go for
Grant, they would stop where they were, for they knew that if Suwarora
found them delaying long, he would send more men to look after them.
There was no peace yet, however; for Lumeresi, finding them quietly
settled down eating with my men, ordered them out of his district,
threatening force if they did not comply at once. I tried my best for
them, but the Wasui, fearing to stop any longer, said they would take
leave to see Suwarora, and in eight days more they would come back
again, bringing something with them, the sight of which would make
Lumeresi quake. Further words were now useless, so I gave them more
cloth to keep them up to the mark, and sent them off. Baraka, who seemed
to think this generosity a bit of insanity, grumbled that if I had
cloths to throw away it would have been better had I disposed of them to
my own men.

Next day (26th), as I was still unwell, I sent four men to Grant with
inquiries how he was getting on, and a request for medicines. The
messengers took four days to bring back the information that Bombay had
not returned from Kaze, but that Grant, having got assistance, hoped to
break ground about the 5th of next month. They brought me at the same
time information that the Watuta had invested Ruhe's, after clearing
off all the cattle in the surrounding villages, and had proclaimed their
intention of serving out Lumeresi next. In consequence of this,
Lumeresi daily assembled his grey-beards and had councils of war in his
drum-house; but though his subjects sent to him c