. James Hannington, , , , first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa; a history of his life and work, 1847-1885. ustone illustration. Sometimesthe man in front falls down,and I fall forward. On onesuch occasion the bearer was,by some miraculous means,pinned to the ground by thehammock-pole; nor could hemove until a companion re-leased him. Sometimes theman behind would trip up ; inwhich case I fell on the back of my head. At another timehe would glide on to his knees, and let me down in severalinches of black mud. Yet, again, both bearers would tripsimultaneously, and a comple
. James Hannington, , , , first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa; a history of his life and work, 1847-1885. ustone illustration. Sometimesthe man in front falls down,and I fall forward. On onesuch occasion the bearer was,by some miraculous means,pinned to the ground by thehammock-pole; nor could hemove until a companion re-leased him. Sometimes theman behind would trip up ; inwhich case I fell on the back of my head. At another timehe would glide on to his knees, and let me down in severalinches of black mud. Yet, again, both bearers would tripsimultaneously, and a completedownfall would take place, Then boughs would whipone in the face ; or the menwould bang one against sharp-pointed stumps of trees ; orstepping unequally, jump oneup and down like a pea on adrum. One good man whocarried me had a kind of spring-halt which was particularlyunpleasant, especially after ameal. As for being lifted overand under fallen trees ; beinghanded down deep ravines and up the other side, with ones feet far above ones head ; why,that haopened so often that I grew accustomed to havemy heels high in the 244 James Hannington. [ 1883. After a time Hannington discharged his Wa-Nguanacarriers, and hired Wa-Nyamwezl. He says, The Wa-Nguana are bad travellers in regard to weight, though goodin respect of not caring about the shape of the load. Theyhave learnt, too, the white mans ways. They know thathe must have clean camping ground and good water. Theyare very handy about the camp and tent. Wa-Nyamwezi,on the other hand, are very stupid about camp, but they aresplendid load carriers, and, as travellers, are up to anything,so long as you do not ask them to venture out at night. On March 27, a dispute arose with the Wa-Nyamweziporters which might have turned out very awkwardly. Oneof them was slightly punished for having insulted Mr. Black-burn, whereupon his companions threatened to desert in a
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