He had a large collection of women here, but had himself gone north with a view to trade in Karague.

Report, however, assured us that he was then detained in Usui by Suwarora, its chief, on the plea of requiring his force of musketeers to prevent the Watuta from pillaging his country, for these Watuta lived entirely on plunder of other people's cattle.
With one move, by alternately crossing strips of forest and cultivation, studded here and there with small hills of granite, we forded the Qaunde nullah--a tributary to the Gombe--and entered the rich flat district of Mininga, where the gingerbread-palm grows abundantly.

The greatest man we found here was a broken-down ivory merchant called Sirboko, who gave us a good hut to live in.

Next morning, I believe at the suggestion of my Wanguana, with Baraka at their head, he induced me to stop there; for he said Rungua had been very recently destroyed by the Watuta, and this place could afford porters better than it.

To all appearance this was the case, for this district was better cultivated than any place I had seen.