. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . head-man,accompanied by a large number of his people, came to seeme, and brought me fowls and a quantity of eggs. They hadonly heard of my return the night before, and came to see meat once. They now fully realized the advantages of paidlabour, and made most anxious inquiries as to when I shouldwant Wanika again, declaring that the whole of their villagewas ready to come when required, and finally made a requestwhich gave me much pleasure. They as
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . head-man,accompanied by a large number of his people, came to seeme, and brought me fowls and a quantity of eggs. They hadonly heard of my return the night before, and came to see meat once. They now fully realized the advantages of paidlabour, and made most anxious inquiries as to when I shouldwant Wanika again, declaring that the whole of their villagewas ready to come when required, and finally made a requestwhich gave me much pleasure. They asked my permissionto open up new land for cultivation close to Magarini told them that I was delighted to grant their request, andinformed them that it was the Companys intention to experi-ment with various products, such as cotton and tobacco, theseeds of which I would supply to them, so there would bework available for all, men, women, and children. The Wanikaseemed thoroughly pleased, and frequently gave expressionto their satisfaction during my short address. I then went off\\ith them to look at the land they wanted. It was situated. XIII TRAVELS IN EAST AFRICA 241 about two miles away in a low valley, and to get to it wehad to cross a deep hollow spanned by a temporary bridge,the country around being thick bush \\ith a rich black loamysoil. Henceforth I had no trouble with the Wanika ; the numberswhich now came daily averaged between forty and eighty,and I had every reason to be pleased with the results of myendeavours in this direction. The following day a MToro from Makongeni informed methat all the people had gone down to Jelori to have their namesregistered as free men, as I had advised them to do. But on
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