of the West Coast Negro about
them, but they file their teeth to sharp points, and greatly disfigure
their mouths. The only difference between them and Europeans is the
colour. Many of the men have very finely-formed heads, and so have the
women; and the fashion of wearing the hair sets off their foreheads to
advantage. The forehead is shaved off to the crown, the space
narrowing as it goes up; then the back hair, is arranged into knobs of
about ten rows.

_10th September, 1867._--Some people of Ujiji have come to Nsama's to
buy ivory with beads, but, finding that the Arabs have forestalled
them in the market, they intend to return in their dhow, or rather
canoe, which is manned by about fifty hands. My goods are reported
safe, and the meat of the buffaloes which died in the way is there,
and sun-dried. I sent a box, containing papers, books, and some
clothes, to Ujiji.

_14th September, 1867._--I remained at Hara, for I was ill, and Hamees
had no confidence in Nsama, because he promised his daughter to wife
by way of cementing the peace, but had not given her. Nsama also told
Hamees to stay at Hara, and he would send him ivory for sale, but none
came, nor do people come here to sell provisions, as they do
elsewhere; so Hamees will return to Chitimba's, to guard his people
and property there, and send on Syde Hamidi and his servants to
Lopere, Kabuire, and Moero, to buy ivory. He advised me to go with
them, as he has no confidence in Nsama; and Hamidi thought that this
was the plan to be preferred: it would be slower, as they would
purchase ivory on the road, but safer to pass his country altogether
than trust myself in his power.

The entire population of the country has received a shock from the
conquest of Nsama, and their views of the comparative values of bows
and arrows and guns have undergone a great change. Nsama was the
Napoleon of these countries; no one could stand before him, hence the
defeat of the invincible Nsama has caused a great panic. The Arabs say
that they lost about fifty men in all: Nsama must have lost at least
an equal number. The people seem intelligent, and will no doubt act on
the experience so dearly bought.

In the midst of the doubts of Hamees a daughter of Nsama came this
afternoon to be a wife and cementer of the peace! She came riding
"pickaback" on a man's shoulders; a nice, modest, good-looking young
woman, her hair rubbed all over with _nkola_, a red pigment, made from
the cam