After two and a half days' parley he fought, killed two Makonde, and mortally wounded a headman, which settled the matter; no fresh demand has been made.

Ali's brother also resisted the same sort of demand, fought several times, or until three Makonde and two of his people were killed; they then made peace, and no other exactions have been made.
_11th May, 1866._--We now found a difficulty in getting our carriers along, on account of exhaustion from want of food.

In going up a sand stream called Nyede, we saw that all moist spots had been planted with maize and beans, so the loss caused by the Mazitu, who swept the land like a cloud of locusts, will not be attended by much actual starvation.

We met a runaway woman: she was seized by Ali, and it was plain that he expected a reward for his pains.

He thought she was a slave, but a quarter of a mile off was the village she had left, and it being doubtful if she were a runaway at all, the would-be fugitive slave-capture turned out a failure.
_12th May, 1866._--About 4' E.N.E.of Matawatawa, or Nyamatolole, our former turning point.
_13th May, 1866._--We halted at a village at Matawatawa.