told wealth from me, and he was to
be detained there a prisoner until Lumeresi either disgorged, or sent
me on to be fleeced again. Lumeresi, of course, was greatly perplexed
at this, and sought my advice, but could get nothing out of me, for
I laughed in my sleeve, and told him such was the consequence of his
having been too greedy.

11th to 15th.--Masudi with his caravan arrived from Mchimeka--Ungurue
"the Pig," who had led me astray, was, by the way, his kirangozi or
caravan-leader. Masudi told us he had suffered most severely from losses
by his men running away, one after the other, as soon as they received
their pay. He thought Grant would soon join me, as, the harvest being
all in, the men about Rungua would naturally be anxious for service.
He had had fearful work with M'yonga, having paid him a gun, some
gunpowder, and a great quantity of cloth; and he had to give the same to
Ruhe, with the addition of twenty brass wires, one load of mzizima, and
one load of red coral beads. This was startling, and induced me to send
all the men I could prudently spare off to Grant at once, cautioning
him to avoid Ruhe's, as Lumeresi had promised me he would not allow one
other thing to be taken from me. Lumeresi by this time was improving,
from lessons on the policy of moderation which I had been teaching him;
for when he tried to squeeze as much more out of Masudi as Ruhe had
taken, he gave way, and let him off cheaply at my intercession. He had
seen enough to be persuaded that this unlimited taxation or plunder
system would turn out a losing game, such as Unyamyembe and Ugogo were
at that time suffering from. Moreover, he was rather put to shame by
my saying, "Pray, who now is biggest--Ruhe or yourself? for any one
entering this country would suspect that he was, as he levies the first
tax, and gives people to understand that, by their paying it, the whole
district will be free to them; such at any rate he told me, and so it
appears he told Masudi. If you are the sultan, and will take my advice,
I would strongly recommend your teaching Ruhe a lesson, by taking from
him what the Arabs paid, and giving it back to Masudi.

At midnight (16th) I was startled in my sleep by the hurried tramp of
several men, who rushed in to say they were Grant's porters--Bogue men
who had deserted him. Grant, they said, in incoherent, short, rapid, and
excited sentences, was left by them standing under a tree, with nothing
but his gun in his hand.