"And I, too, was obliged to flee from my village to save my life! What could I do ?" This is to be his argument, I suspect.
A good many slaves came from the two villages that were destroyed: on inquiry I was told that these would be returned when Nsama gave the ivory promised.
When Nsama was told that an Englishman wished to go past him to Moero, he replied, "Bring him, and I shall send men to take him thither." Hamees is building a "tembe," or house, with a flat roof, and walls plastered over with mud, to keep his ivory from fire while he is absent.

We expect that Nsama will send for us a few days after the 2nd August, when the new moon appears; if they do not come soon Hamees will send men to Nsama without waiting for his messengers.
_28th July, 1867._--Prayers, with the Litany.[55] Slavery is a great evil wherever I have seen it.

A poor old woman and child are among the captives, the boy about three years old seems a mother's pet.

His feet are sore from walking in the sun.

He was offered for two fathoms, and his mother for one fathom; he understood it all, and cried bitterly, clinging to his mother.