He knows no deaf or dumb person in the country.

He says that he cuts the throats of all animals to be eaten, and does not touch lion or hyaena.
_7th July, 1866._--We got men from Mtende to carry loads and show the way.

He asked a cloth to ensure his people going to the journey's end and behaving properly; this is the only case of anything like tribute being demanded in this journey: I gave him a cloth worth 5s.

6d.
Upland vegetation prevails; trees are dotted here and there among bushes five feet high, and fine blue and yellow flowers are common.

We pass over a succession of ridges and valleys as in Londa; each valley has a running stream or trickling rill; garden willows are in full bloom, and also a species of sage with variegated leaves beneath the flowers.
When the sepoy Perim threw away the tea and the lead lining, I only reproved him and promised him punishment if he committed any other wilful offence, but now he and another skulked behind and gave their loads to a stranger to carry, with a promise to him that I would pay.
We waited two hours for them; and as the havildar said that they would not obey him, I gave Perim and the other some smart cuts with a cane, but I felt that I was degrading myself, and resolved not to do the punishment myself again.
_8th July, 1866._--Hard travelling through a depopulated country.