. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . of the thermometer. He kept the rain-gaugeand sketched with water colors, for it was found that photography wastoo severe work for the climate. The march was pursued before the sun was high, then came breaVfastand a pipe before exploring the neighborhood, and dinner at sunset, then 128 WONDERS OF THE TROHCS. tea and pipe before turning in at night. Scarcely had they commencedthe journey than the petty chiefs demanded tribute, which it was neces-sary to pay. The porters also struck for higher wages; but, the leadersgoing on, they thought b
. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . of the thermometer. He kept the rain-gaugeand sketched with water colors, for it was found that photography wastoo severe work for the climate. The march was pursued before the sun was high, then came breaVfastand a pipe before exploring the neighborhood, and dinner at sunset, then 128 WONDERS OF THE TROHCS. tea and pipe before turning in at night. Scarcely had they commencedthe journey than the petty chiefs demanded tribute, which it was neces-sary to pay. The porters also struck for higher wages; but, the leadersgoing on, they thought better of the matter, and followed. The poor Hottentots suffered much from the climate, and were con*stantly on the sick-list. The Waguana treated them with great contempt,,and one day, while a little Tot was trying to lift his pack on his mule, glarge black grasped him, pack and all, in his muscular arms, lifting then]above his head, paraded him around the camp amid much laughter, andthen, putting him down, loaded his mule and patted him on the WAZARAMO VILLAGE. A days march being concluded, the sheikh and Bombay arrange thecamp, issuing cloths to the porters for the purchase of rations, the tentsEre pitched, the Hottentots cook, some look after the mules and donkeys£others cut boughs for huts and fencing, while the Beloochs are supposedto guard the camp, but prefer gossiping and brightening their arms,while Captain Grant kills two buck antelopes to supply the larder. The country through which they were passing belongs to the tribe ofWazaramo. It is covered with villages, the houses of which are mostlyof a conical shape, composed of hurdle-work and plastered with clay, andthatched with grass or reeds. They profess to be the subjects of theSultan of Zanzibar. They are arrant rogues, and rob travellers, whe# TWO CELEBRATED EXPLORERS. 129 they can, by open violence. They always demand more tribute thanthey expect to get, and generally use threats as a means of
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