nny things happen in Karague"; and related some domestic
incidents, concluding with the moral that "Marriage in Karague was a
mere matter of money." Cows, sheep, and slaves have to be given to the
father for the value of his daughter; but if she finds she has made
a mistake, she can return the dowry-money, and gain her release. The
Wahuma, although they keep slaves and marry with pure negroes, do not
allow their daughters to taint their blood by marrying out of their
clan. In warfare it is the rule that the Wahinda, or princes, head their
own soldiers, and set them the example of courage, when, after firing
a few arrows, they throw their bows away, and close at once with their
spears and assages. Life is never taken in Karague, either for murder
or cowardice, as they value so much their Wahuma breed; but, for all
offences, fines of cows are exacted according to the extent of the
crime.

31st.--Ever proud of his history since I had traced his descent from
Abyssinia and King David, whose hair was as straight as my own, Rumanika
dwelt on my theological disclosures with the greatest delight, and
wished to know what difference existed between the Arabs and ourselves;
to which Baraka replied, as the best means of making him understand,
that whilst the Arabs had only one Book, we had two; to which I added,
Yes, that is true in a sense; but the real merits lie in the fact that
we have got the better BOOK, as may be inferred from the obvious fact
that we are more prosperous, and their superiors in all things, as I
would prove to him if he would allow me to take one of his sons home to
learn that BOOK; for then he would find his tribe, after a while, better
off than the Arabs are. Much delighted, he said he would be very glad to
give me two boys for that purpose.

Then, changing the subject, I pressed Rumanika, as he said he had no
idea of a God or future state, to tell me what advantage he expected
from sacrificing a cow yearly at his father's grave. He laughingly
replied he did not know, but he hoped he might be favoured with better
crops if he did so. He also place pombe and grain, he said, for the same
reason, before a large stone on the hillside, although it could not
eat, or make any use of it; but the coast-men were of the same belief
as himself, and so were all the natives. No one in Africa, as far as he
knew, doubted the power of magic and spells; and if a fox barked when
he was leading an army to battle, he would retir