The moment he returned, which ought to be in little more than a fortnight, we would all go together.

An earnest request was at the same time made that I would not bully him in the mean time with any more applications to depart.

So Bombay and Mabruki, carrying there muskets, and a map and letter for Petherick, departed.
23d and 24th .-- Kamrasi, presuming he had gained favour in our eyes, sent, begging to know how we had slept, and said he would like us to inform him what part of his journey Bombay had this morning reached--a fact which he had no doubt must be divinable through the medium of our books.

The reply was, that Bombay's luck was so good we had no doubt regarding his success; but now he had gone, and our days here were numbered, we should like to see the palace, his fat wives and children, as well as the Wanyoro's dances, and all the gaiety of the place.

We did not think our reception-hut by the river sufficiently dignified, and our residence here was altogether like that of prisoners--seeing no one, knowing no one.