I am sorry to suspect foul play: the buffaloes and mules are badly used, but I cannot be always near to prevent it.
Bhang[8] is not smoked, but tobacco is: the people have no sheep or goats; only fowls, pigeons, and Muscovy ducks are seen.

Honey is very cheap; a good large pot of about a gallon, with four fowls, was given for two yards of calico.

Buffaloes again bitten by tsetse, and by another fly exactly like the house-fly, but having a straight hard proboscis instead of a soft one; other large flies make the blood run.
The tsetse does not disturb the buffaloes, but these others and the smaller flies do.

The tsetse seem to like the camel best; from these they are gorged with blood--they do not seem to care for the mules and donkeys.
[Illustration: Carved Door, Zanzibar.] FOOTNOTES: [3] Dhow is the name given to the coasting vessel of East Africa and the Indian Ocean.
[4] The Commander of H.M.S._Pioneer_ in 1861.
[5] Those who have read the accounts given by African travellers will remember that the bites inflicted by two or three of these small flies will visually lay the foundation of a sickness which destroys oxen, horses, and dogs in a few weeks.
[6] Dr.Livingstone was anxious to try camels and Indian buffaloes in a tsetse country to see the effect upon them.
[7] This refers to an attack made upon the boats of the _Pioneer_ when the Doctor was exploring the River Rovuma in 1861.
[8] A species of hemp..