e send a force to seize Lumeresi, and place another man in
his stead to rule over the district.

Lumeresi, on hearing this, first consulted me, saying his chief was
displeased with him, accusing him of being too proud, in having at once
two such distinguished guests, and meant by these acts only to humble
him. I replied, if that was the case, the sooner he allowed us to go,
the better it would be for him; and, reminding him of his original
promise to give me assistance on to Usui, said he could do so now with a
very good grace.

Quite approving himself of this suggestion, Lumeresi then gave me one
of his officers to be my guide--his name was Sangizo. This man no sooner
received his orders than, proud of his office as the guide of such a
distinguished caravan, he set to work to find us porters. Meanwhile my
Wasui friends, who left on the 25th of August, returned, bearing what
might be called Suwarora's mace--a long rod of brass bound up in stick
charms, and called Kaquenzingiriri, "the commander of all things."
This they said was their chief's invitation to see us, and sent this
Kaquenzingiriri, to command us respect wherever we went.

5th.--Without seeing us again, Lumeresi, evidently ashamed of the
power held over him by this rod of Suwarora's, walked off in the night,
leaving word that he was on his way to Ruhe's, to get back my gun and
all the other things that had been taken from Grant. The same night a
large herd of cattle was stolen from the boma without any one knowing
it; so next morning, when the loss was discovered, all the Wahuma set
off on the spoor to track them down; but with what effect I never knew.

As I had now men enough to remove half our property, I made a start of
it, leaving Grant to bring up the rest. I believe I was a most miserable
spectre in appearance, puffing and blowing at each step I took, with
shoulder drooping, and left arm hanging like a dead leg, which I was
unable ever to swing. Grant, remarking this, told me then, although fro
a friendly delicacy he had abstained from saying so earlier, that my
condition, when he first saw me on rejoining, gave him a sickening
shock. Next day (7th) he came up with the rest of the property, carried
by men who had taken service for that one march only.

Before us now lay a wilderness of five marches' duration, as the few
villages that once lined it had all been depopulated by the Sorombo
people and the Watuta. We therefore had to lay in rations for