The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-22

Inc dotl IN Wnlcn ne Is palu, anu WHICH - cqui'"-
lent TO his dollar measures four yards. shukka
is half doti, or two yards. The proprietor OF
caravan purchases his cloth by the bale, or gorah.
gorah OF Merikani 10 corrupted name for Ameri-
can sheetlnQ) means a piece OF Merikani OF thirty
yards. into which they are folded up by the mills
OF Salem and Nashua, N. II. The gorah, therefore,
contains seven ana half aot, or fifteen shukka.
TWO MONTHS AT BA0oAoYo.
During the TWO months we were halted at Bago-
moyo there was plenty OF work for us. The eight
thousand yards OF American sheeting which had
purchased had to be made into bales for the
pagazs. A bale is q package or cleth weigh
ing not more than seventy pounds wherein
pieces Of American sheeting must be laid In
layers alternately with the cloths Of India.
Clutch and Muscat so that II bale or two are lost
you do not lose too much OF one thing which might
by aud by prove fatal to your enterprise. When
the cloths thus laid IN alternate layers and the
scale indicates the maximum weight d0u OF ciotn
spread out receives them, and after being tied or
pinned over 1t neatly IL Is then bound as firmly as
possible with COR rope ana pounded by TWO men
until the bale is one solid roll. three ana half feet
long, foot wide and foot deep. 1t Is then taken
and put In q makanda or mat bag. until
the pagazi coming for his load and hire cradles
1t in three long sticks arranged In fork TO receive
1t, and binds the fork firmly on the BALE for the
purpose OF protecting the bale from injury from
wet, moisture and white ants and for the convent
ence or lifting 1t on his shoulder and stacking u
when mis- days march Is over Beads are placed IN
long narrow backs OF domestics, and not more than
sixty-two pounds are put in the bag as the bead
load is not 30 flexible as the cloth bale. Wire Is
conveyed in coils-six coils generally considered
handsome load-averaging sixty pounds. 1t Is
arranged for carriage nree coils ct each end OF
. five-foot poe.
LIFE AT BAdOMoYo
My life at Zanzibar thought hard, bat my two
months at Bagomoyo q convict at Sing Sing would
not have enved. 1t was work all day. thinking
all night; not an hour could call my own.
1t was steady grind on body and
brain this work OF staring. state with
truth, now resting at Unyanyembe. after the
fatgues OF the long march, after the dangers and
vexations we have SUFFERED that would prefer the
three months march, with all its horrors anxeties,
swamps and fevers. to the TWO months preparation
for the expedition had Ut Bag0moyo. The greatest
trouble of all that endured at Bagomoyo-l am sure
you will smile at the thought-was with my agent,
who obtained me my pagazis, without wnom could
not have started even 10 this day, probably never;
for had stayed SO long would have thrown up
the Job as impracticable and would have committed
suicide by putting my head In barrel ofsand, whoa
imagine to be most easy death. ana one gratut'
tously recommend to all would-be suicides. Smile
now, please, Wnen tell you mat MS name was
sOOR HADJI PALL0O,
and his age nineteen. During my whole stay at
Bagomoyo this young - gave me more trouble
than all the scoundresm Of the city or New York
gives to Its Chief Of Police. Half dozen times
day found him In dishonesty, yet the boy was in
no way abashed by 1t; otherwise there had been
hopes for him. Each day he conceived new sys-
tenn Of roguery. Every instant of his time seemed
to be devoted to devsing how to plumber me, until
l was at my wits end how to thwart or check him.
Exposure before the people brought no shame 10
his cheeks. A mere shrug Of the shoulders, which
I was to interpret any way pleased, was the only
proof he gave that he heard me. threat to re-
duce his present had no effect on him-"a bird
In the hand was worth two in the bush;" SO $40
worth Of goods stolen from me was worth promise
OF $40 when his work should be finished. Several
times day the young Hindoo dog escaped
sound thrashing because knew his equal for col
lectlng pagazls was not to be found. Will you be.
iieve It, that after the most incompatible rascality
at the end OF two months he had escaped 1Oggng
and received q present OF money for his services
the reason was, at last no had released me from
torment and was Iree to 70.
FREE TO col
The convict free to 60 alter protractcd imprison
ment-the condemned man ON the scanold with tho
awful cord dangling before hts eyes, the execution
the dread sentence Of the law ready to per-
form their duties when told ne was at liberty to de-
part, could not feel Keener pleasure than felt when
my business was concluded with Soor HadJi Pal
loo and felt myself at liberty to depart on my mis-
sion. Five caravans had already been despatched
four under the protection or soldiers, the nth
under the Scotchman who acted as my nrst
mate. The sixth ana last was to be led by myself.
Burton and Spoke arrived ut Zanzibar IN 1861, in
January--tne same month that j, fourteen years
later, had arrived. But as the masika, or rainy
season, which lasts for forty days, was then draw-
ing near, they preferred TO wait on the coast and
defer their departure until after the masika. 1t was
not until the 10th June that they left Zanzibar for
Kaole three miles below Bagom0yol and not until
the 9th Of the same month that they made the
great start, the pagazis soldiers and donKeys hav.
Ing been collected for them by Ladha Danyee. the
most influential man In Zanzibar. second only to
the sultan Of the island But my mission was one
that required speed; any delay would render 1t
valueess; immediate departure was essential to
success-departure from the c0ast-after which my
movements would depend In great measure on my
own energy. Forty days rain and 200 milo
swamp must not prevent the NEW YORK HERALD
correspondent from marching, now that the cara
van ID ready.
On Saturday, the LIST OF April, exactly eighty three
days after arrival at Zanzibar, the sixth caravan
led by myself, LETT tho town Of Bagomoyo for our
first journey westward, with Forward" for Its mot
de 0uet and the American nag borne aloft by the
Kirangozi or guide OF the caravan. AS 1t de1led
out OF the town bid long farewell to the dolce
Jar niente OF civilization, to the blue sea and Its
open road to home ana to the hundreds OF dusky
spectators who were gathered TO witness dcpar.
ture with repeated savos OF musketry,
THE EXPEDITION ON THE MARCH.
The caravan which led consisted OF ten pagazis,
carrying the boats; nine soldiers. under Captain
Bombay In charge OF seventeen donkeys and their
ioads selim, my boy interpreter; Christian Arab
from Jerusalem. who had been with me through
Persia; one COOK and sub from Maabar, and Shaw,
the English sailor, now transformed into rear guard
and overseer, mounted on good riding donkey;
one dog from Bombay. called Omar, from his Turk
ian origin. who was TO guard my tent at night and