Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-05-16

no dealings with them show them no cloth,
wire, nor beads, (speaking with increasing
cxcitement.) Eat not with them, drink not
with them, and make not love to their wo-
men, (hcre the speech became scream.
Kirangozi of the Wanyamwezi, restrain
your sons Suffer them not to stray into
the villages, to buy salt out of camp, to rob
provisions, to debauch with beer, or to sit
by the wellsn' And thus, for nearly half
an hour, now violently, then composedly,
he poured forth the words of wisdom, till
hubbub and chatter of voices, which at first
had been silenced by surprise, brought his
cloquence to an end.
TIE rAGAZI OR PORTER.
At the preliminary khambi the mtonogi
superintends the distribution of each muzgo
or load. The pagazi or porters are mostly
lads, lank and light, with the lean and clean
legs Of leopards. Sometimes, however, a
herculcan form is found with the bullet-head.
the broad bull-liAc neck, the deep, wide
chest, the large, strong cxtremitics that
characterize the Hammal of Stamboul.--
There is usually a sprinl1ling of gray boards,
who might be expected as the proverb is,
to be leaning 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 a party which does
rot contain veterans in beard, age and ex-
pericnce. In portioning the leads. there is
always much trouble each individual has
his favorite fancy, and must choose, or, at
70 70 bic b,r
load porters properly is a work of skill
They will accept at the hand of man who
knows their nature a weight which, if pro-
posed by stranger, would be rejected with
grunts of disgust. They hate the incon-
vcnience of boxes, unless light enough to
be carried at both ends Of ''banghi'' pole
by one man, or heavy enough to be slung
between two porters.
The burden must never be under fair
standard, especially when of that description
that it decreases by expenditure toward the
end of the journey; lightly-laden man not
only becomes lazy, he also makes his fellows
discontented. The nature of the load, how
ever, causes an inequality of weight Cloth
is tightly rolled up in the form of huge
bolster, five feet long, by eighteen to twen-
ty-four inches in diameter, protected against
wear and weather by makanda or coarse
mating Of brab-leaf, and corded over
This bundle is fastened, for the purpose of
Stacking, in cradle Of three or more aexis
BILE branches, cut from small tree below
the place of junction, barked and trimmed,
laid along the length Of the load, and con-
fined at the open end by lashing Of fibre
rope. Besides his weapons and marching
kit, man will carry pack Of two frasilah
or seventy pounds; and this, pehaps, is the
maximum. Beads are placed in long, mar
row bags Of domestics, matted, corded, and
cradled in sticks like cloth being less
elastic load, they are more difficult to CARRY,
and therefore seldom exceed fifty pounds.
Brass and other wires are carried in daur,
khata, or circles, lashed to both ends Of
pole, which is generally the large midrib Of
a palm frond, with fork cut in its depth
at one extremity to form base for the load
when stacked, and provided at the point of
junction with kitambara or pad Of grass,
rag or leather. Wire is the ightest, as
ivory is the heaviest, of loads. The Afri-
can porter will carry only the smallest bur-
dcns upon his head, and the custom is most
ly confined to women and children. The
merchants, of course, carry nothing but
themselves, except in extreme cases; but
when the sudden sickness or the evasion of
a porter cndangcrs the safety Of his load,
they shoulder it without hesitation. The
chief proprietor usually follows his caravan,
accompanied by some of his partners and
armed slaves, to prevent the struggling
which may lead to heavy loss; he therefore
often cndures the heat and tcdium Of the
road longer than the rest of his party.
FUNDIKIRA, THE CHIEF.
This chief was travelling toward the coast
as porter in 4 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, before allowing him
to depart, taunted him severely, exclaiming,
partly in jest, partly in earnest, "Ah now
thou art still our comrade, but presently
thou wilt torture and slay and fog u.s.
Fundikira proceeding to his native country,
inherited, as is the custom, all his fathers
property and widows; he fixed himself at
ltitenya, presently numbered ten wives who
have borne him only three children, built
three hundred houses for his slaves and de-
pcndcnts, and owned two thousand head of
cattle. He lived in some state, declining
to call upon strangers, and though not de-
manding, still obtaining large presents.
HIS BARBARITIEs.
Becoming obese by age and good living,
he fell i'll in the autumn of 1858, and, as
usual, his relations were suspected of COM
passing his end by uchawl, or black magic
In these regions the death of one man causes
many. The maganga was summoned to
apply the usual ordeal After administer
ing mystic drug, he broke the neck of
fowl, and splitting it into two lengths, in-
spcctcd the interior. If blackncss or blem-
ish appears about the wings it denotes the
trcachery of children, relations and kinsmen;
! the back bone con1icts the mother and grand