before quelled a rebellion, when his
younger brother, Rogero, aspired to the throne; whilst Musa's honour and
honesty were quite unimpeachable. But more of this hereafter.

Khonze, the next place, lying in the bending concave of this swamp lake,
and facing Hangiro, was commanded by a fine elderly man called Muzegi,
who was chief officer during Dagara's time. He told me with the greatest
possible gravity, that he remembered well the time when a boat could
have gone from this to Vigura; as also when fish and crocodiles came
up from the Kitangule; but the old king no sooner died than the waters
dried up; which showed as plainly as words could tell, that the king had
designed it, to make men remember him with sorrow in all future ages.
Our presents after this having been exchanged, the good old man, at my
desire, explained the position of all the surrounding countries, in his
own peculiar manner, by laying a long stick on the ground pointing
due north and south, to which he attached shorter ones pointing to the
centre of each distant country. He thus assisted me in the protractions
of the map, to the countries which lie east and west of the route.

Shortly after starting this morning, we were summoned by the last
officer on the Urigi to take breakfast with him, as he could not allow
us to pass by without paying his respects to the king's guests. He was a
man of most affable manners, and loth we should part company without one
night's entertainment at least; but as it was a matter of necessity, he
gave us provisions to eat on the way, adding, at the same time, he was
sorry he could not give more, as a famine was then oppressing the land.
We parted with reiterated compliments on both sides; and shortly after,
diving into the old bed of the Urigi, were constantly amused with the
variety of game which met our view. On several occasions the rhinoceros
were so numerous and impudent as to contest the right of the road with
us, and the greatest sport was occasioned by our bold Wanguana going
at them in parties of threes and fours, when, taking good care of
themselves at considerable distances, they fired their carbines all
together, and whilst the rhinoceros ran one way, they ran the other.
Whilst we were pitching our tents after sunset by some pools on the
plain, Dr K'yengo arrived with the hongo of brass and copper wires sent
by Suwarora for the great king Mtesa, in lieu of his daughter who died;
so next morning we all marched to