The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-30
ROMANCE OF TRAVEL.


gions of Central Africa, Picture of Explorations,
recently published by Harper & Brothers, we max
the excerps suhjoned. The author ofthis volume
! Richard F. Burton, is a Captain in the British
army in India, and is known far and near from hi
daring and adventurous pilgrimage to Mecca ant
Medina, some years since whittier he went disgus
ed as Mohammedan fakir. The volume before III
contains the history of his journayings, from the
autumn of 1856 to the spring of 1859, extending
throughout eastern Africa.
TANGANYIKA LAKE.
Nothing could be more picturesque than this
first view of the Tanganyika Lake, as it lay in the
lap of the mountains, basking in the gorgeous
tropical sunshine. Below and beyond short fore
ground of rugged and precipitOus bill fold, down
which the fOot-path Zigzags painfully, a narrow
strip OF emerald green, scar and marvellUusly
fertile, shelves toward ribbon of gstening vel
low sand here bordered by sedgy rushes, there
claaniy and clearly cut by the breaking waveletS.
Farther in front stretches the waters an expanse of
the lightest and softest blue in breadth VARYING
from thirty to thirty-fve miles, and sprinked bv
the crisp east wind with tiny crescants of snow Y
foam. The background in front is a high and
broken wall of Steel-cOlored mountain. here
hecked and capped with pearly MIST there stand
ing sharply pcnciled against the azure air; its
yawning chaSms, marked by a deeper plum
color, tall toward dwarf hills of mOund-like pro-
portions. which apparently dip their feet in the
point behind which the Malagarazi river dis
charges the red loan suspended in its violent
stream, lie the bluff headIands and capes of
Cguhha, and as the eye dilates, it falls upon
cluster OF outlying islets speaking sea-hOrizon.
Villages, cultivated lands, the frequent canoes of
the fishermen on the waters, and a nearer ap-
proach the murmurs of the waves breaking upon
the shore, giving something of variety of move
ment, of life, to the landscape, which, like all
the fairest respects in these regions, wants but
little of the neatness and finish Of art-mosuues
and kinsks, palaces and villas, gardens and orch
ards-cOntrasting with the profuse lavishness and
magnihcence of nature, and dversifyinp the up-
broken coup d'RI of excessive vegetation to rival
II not to excel, the most admired scenery of the
classic regions. The RANT shores of this vast
ereudsse appeared doubly beautiful to NE after the
silent and spectral mangrove-creeks on the East
African seaboard, and the melancholy, monotonous
experience of desert and Jungle scenery, tawnv
rock and sun-pRrched plain or rank herbage and
flats OF black mire. Truly it was a revel for soul
and sight. Forgetting tolls dangers and the doubt
fuIness of return, | felt willing to endure double
what | had endured; and all the party seemed to
join with me in JOY. My purblind companion
found nothing to grumble at, except the "mist and
glare before his eyes" Said bin Salim looked ex-
uting-he had procured for this pleasure-the
monoculous jemadar grinned his congratulations,
and even the surly Baloch made civil salaams.
STUMP SPEECH.
Before settling for the night KidOro stood un,
and to loud cries of ''Maneno! maneno! "-wordsl
words!-equivalent to our parliamentary hear!
hear!-delivered himself of the following speech
"Listen, We whites and ye children of Savyid
MajIdi and We sons of Ramji hearken to nv
words, We offspring of the night! The Journey
eutereth Ugogo-Ugogo-(th orator threw out
his arm westward.) Beware, and again beware,
he made violent gesticulatiOns.) You don't know
the WagOgO; they are e--s and 5! (he stamped
Speak not to those Washenzi pagans; enter not
into their houses, (he pointed grimly the ground
Have no dealings with them show them no cloth,
wire, nor beads, Speaking with increasing excite
ment Eat not with them, drink not with them,
and make not love to their women here the speech
became a scream krangozi Of the Wanyamwez,
restrain your sons! Suffer them not to stray into
the villages, to buy salt out of camp, to rob pro-
visions, to debauch with beer, or to sit by the
wells" And thus, for nearly half an hour. now
then compOsediy, he poured forth the
words Of wisdom, till the hubbub and chatter of
voices, which at first had been sienced by surprise,
brought his eloquence to an end.
THE PAGAZI OR PORTER.
At the preliminary khamb the mtonogi superin-
tends the distribution of each muzigo or load The
pagaZi or pOrters are mostly lads, lank and light,
with the lean and clean legs of eopards. Some
times, however, hercuean form is found with the
bulIet-head, the broad bull-like neck, the deep,
wide chest, the large strong extremites that char
acteriZe the Hammal of Stamb0ul. There is uSu-
ally sprnking of gray boards, who might be
pected as the prOverb is, to be cleaning against
the wall" Among these races, however, the older
men, who have learned to husband their strength,
fare better than their Juniors and the Africans,
like the Arabs, object to party which does net
con tain veterans in beard, age and experience. In
porionng the loads, there is always much trouble:
each individual has his favorite fancy, and must
choose, or, at any rate must consent to his burden
To load porters properly is work of skill. They
will accept at the hand of a who knows their
nature a weight which, if proposed by a stranger,
would be rejected with grunts of disgust. They
hate the Inconvenience of boxes, unless light
enough to be carried at both ends Of a "baughi"
pole by one man, or heavy enough to be slung be-
tween two pOrterS
The burden must be under a fair standard,
especially when of that description that it decreases
by expenditure toward the end of the Journey;
lfnhtlTlsa not nplv h."nmR lazr-he also
load, however, causes an inequality Of weight.
Cloth is tightly rolled up in the form of a huge
bolster, five feet long, by eighteen to twentYfour
inches in diameter, protected against wear and
weather by makanda or coarse mating of brab-eat,
and corded over. This bundle is fastened, for the
purpose of preserving its shape and for convenience
of stacking, in a cradle of three more flexible
branches, cut from small tree below the place of
junction, barked and trimmed, laid along the length
of the load, and continrd at the open end by lash
ing of fibre-rope. Besides his weapons and march
ing kit, man will carry pack of two frasah or
seventy pounds and this, perhaps, is the maxi
mum. Beads are placed in long, narrow bags of
domestics, matted, corded, and GRADED in sticks
like cloth being less elastic load, they more
difficult to carry, and therefore seldom exceed fifty
pounds.
Brass and other wires are carried in daur khata,
or circles, iashed 10 Doth encs OF pole, Whch Is
generally the large mldrb OF palm trond, with
iork cut IN Its depth at one extremity to form
base for the load when stacked and provided at the
point of junction with a kitambara PAD Of grass
rag or leather Wire is the lightest, ivory is the
heaviest, of loads The African porter will carry
only the smallest burdens upon his head, and the
custom is mostly confined to women and children.
ne mercuahts' ol cou'Se' carry hothihS DuG 'hem-
serves except IN extreme cases. out Wheh the sud-
den sickness or the evasion of porter endangers
the safety OF his Load they shoulder IL without hes
Hation. Inc chlei proprietor usually Iollo"s MS
caravan, accompanied DY some OF MS partners ana
armed slaves, to prevent the Struggling when may
lead TO heavT loss be therefore often endures the
heat and tedlum OF the road longer than the rest
of his party.
FUNDIKIRA, THE CHIEF.
This chief was travelling toward the coast a
porter in a caravan, when he heard of his fathers
death: he at once stacked his load and prepared to
return home and rule The rest of the gang, be-
fore allowing him to depart, tainted him severely
excIaiming, partly in jest, partly in earnest, "Ah
now thou art still our c0mrade but presently thou
wilt torture and slay fine and fog uS.'' Furdkra
proceeding to his native country, inherited, as is
the custom, all his fathers property and widows;
he fixed himself at lhtenya, presently numbered
ten wives who have borne him only three children,
built three hundred houses for his slaves and de-
pendents and owneG two thousand head OF cattle
He lived in some state declining to call upon stran-
gers, and, though not demanding, still obtaining
large presents.
HIS BARBARITIEs.
Becoming obese by age and good living, be fell
i'll in the autumn of 1858, and as usual, his rela-
tions were suspected of comprising his end by
uchawl, or black magic. In these regions the
death of one man causes many. The maganga was
summoned to applv the usual ordeal. After ad-
ministerinp mystic drug he broke the neck of
fowl. and splitting it into two lengths, inspected
Tho ;,tar;or Jfhlocknecs or hIeriSh annaars ahnut