Ivory traders and slave-dealers.

Appeal to the Koran.
Gleans intelligence of the Wasongo to the eastward, and their chief, Merere.

Harnees sets out against Nsama.

Tedious sojourn.
Departure for Ponda.

Native cupping.
_20th February, 1867._--I told the chief before starting that my heart was sore, because he was not sending me away so cordially as I liked.
He at once ordered men to start with us, and gave me a brass knife with ivory sheath, which he had long worn, as a memorial.