Ten years in Equatoria; . NEGRO OF URIMA. the most difficult part of the journey was overcome, and that the wayto Zanzibar had been for a long time open to caravans, and thereforepresented nothing unknown, made every one feel convinced ofsafely reaching the end of our journey. On the march to Bagamoyo provisions could no longer be pro-cured by re(|uisition;j; they must be obtained by means of payment. PR O VISIONS B O UGHT. 4 2 7 to the natives, therefore the cloth and beads necessary for exchangewere again distributed to each component part of the caravans. I had a gift from Stanley of some p
Ten years in Equatoria; . NEGRO OF URIMA. the most difficult part of the journey was overcome, and that the wayto Zanzibar had been for a long time open to caravans, and thereforepresented nothing unknown, made every one feel convinced ofsafely reaching the end of our journey. On the march to Bagamoyo provisions could no longer be pro-cured by re(|uisition;j; they must be obtained by means of payment. PR O VISIONS B O UGHT. 4 2 7 to the natives, therefore the cloth and beads necessary for exchangewere again distributed to each component part of the caravans. I had a gift from Stanley of some provisions, and I was able topurchase from the French missionaries some clotlies and shoes,besides an ass, which, though old and feeble, and an object ofuniversal commiseration, went on intrepidly, and was of mostvaluable assistance to me as far as Bagamoyo. On the 17th of September we took leave of our courteous host,and the caravan, proceeding more carefully than it had ever donebefore, took the road to the district of Urima. This is a low plaincovered with short grass, marked by frequent marshes, broken bymasses and fragments of rocks, and here and there showing raretrees of Cucifcra thcJiaim. After travelling three days, we were inthe district of Boniera, a territory shut in by low hills and sprinkledwith frequent villa;^es and groups of dwellings, with a large popu-lation, who received us,
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