Fine blue and black beads are in fashion, and so are arm-coils of thick brass wire.

Very nicely inlaid combs are worn in the hair; the inlaying is accomplished by means of a gum got from the root of an orchis called _Nangazu_.
_3rd July, 1866._--A short march brought us to Mtarika's new place.
The chief made his appearance only after he had ascertained all he could about us.

The population is immense; they are making new gardens, and the land is laid out by straight lines about a foot broad, cut with the hoe; one goes miles without getting beyond the marked or surveyed fields.
Mtarika came at last; a big ugly man, with large mouth and receding forehead.

He asked to see all our curiosities, as the watch, revolver, breech-loading rifle, sextant.

I gave him a lecture on the evil of selling his people, and he wished me to tell all the other chiefs the same thing.
They dislike the idea of guilt being attached to them for having sold many who have lost their lives on their way down to the sea-coast.