Free men behave better than slaves; the bondmen are not responsible.

The Manyuema are far more beautiful than either the bond or free of Zanzibar; I overhear the remark often, "If we had Manyuema wives what beautiful children we should beget." The men are usually handsome, and many of the women are very pretty; hands, feet, limbs, and forms perfect in shape and the colour light-brown, but the orifices of the nose are widened by snuff-takers, who ram it up as far as they can with the finger and thumb: the teeth are not filed, except a small space between the two upper front teeth.
_5th March, 1871._--We heard to-day that Mohamad's people passed us on the west, with much ivory.

I lose thus twenty copper rings I was to take from them, and all the notes they were to make for me of the rivers they crossed.
_6th March, 1871._--Passed through very large villages, with many forges in active work; some men followed us, as if to fight, but we got them to turn peaceably: we don't know who are enemies, so many have been maltreated and had relatives killed.

The rain of yesterday made the paths so slippery that the feet of all were sorely fatigued, and on coming to Manyara's, I resolved to rest on 7th near Mount Kimazi.

I gave a cloth and beads in lieu of a fine fat goat from the chief, a clever, good man.
_9th March, 1871._--We marched about five hours across a grassy plain without trees--buga or prairie.