The New York herald., 1872-08-10

London 70 everybody In need Of cartridges 10 ez-
| pode. The third day, arming myself with double
barrelled English smooth-b0re reaped bountiful
harvest OF meat, and having marched over larger
| space saw q much larger variety Of game than on
| any preceding day. The Gombe Meah during the
dry season is but system OF long, narrow pools,
full of crocodiles and hippopotamL In the wet
season 1t overnows Its banks and is swift, broad
stream, emptying into the Malagarazi, thence into
the Lake Tanganyika.
THE HONEY BIRD
From Manyara to Marclu, in UkonongO are five
| days. marches. IL Is an uninhabted forest now
and is about eighty miles in length. Clumps
OF forest and dense isets OF jungle dot
plains which separate the forests proper.
1t Is monotonOus owing to the sameness
| OF the scenes. And throughout this length of
eighty miles there Is nothing to catch mans eye
| in search OF the picturesque or novel save the
| 0ombe's pools with their amphibious inhabitants
and the variety Of noble game which inhabit the
| forests and plain. travelling band Of Wako-
| nongo, bound to UkonOng0 from Manyara, prayed
| to have our escort which was readily granted.
They were famous foresters, who knew the various
| fruits fit to eat; who knew the cry OF the honey
| BIRD and could follow 1t to the treasure OF honey
which 1t wished to show Its human friends 1t Is
pretty Bird not much larger than wren and,
'tweet-tweet," 1t Immediately cries when 1t sees
human being. 1t becomes very busy all at once,
hops and skips, and iies nom branch to branch
with marvellous CELEBRITY. The traveller lifts up
his eyes, beholds the tiny little BIRD hopping about
and hears Its sweet OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nhe
Is Mkonongo he follows 1t. Away fies the bird
on to another tree, springs to another branch
nearer to the tagging man as II to say, "Shall ],
must come and fetch your" but assured by his ad-
vance, away again to another tree coquets about,
and tweets his call rapidly; sometimes more earn
est and loud, as II chiding him for being 30 slow;
then Off again. until at last the treasure is found and
secured. And as he Ia very busy little bird, while
the man secures his treasure OF honey he pumes
himself, ready for another night and to discover
| another treasure. Every evening the Makonongo
brought us stores OF beautiful red and white honey
which Is only 10 be secured IN the dry season. Over
pancakes and ritters the honey is very excellent;
but It is apt to disturb the stomach, seldom re-
j0ced in its sweetness without suffering some inds
position afterwards.
| AS we were leaving the banks Of the Gombe at
one time, near o desolate looking place, ft scene
for tragedy, occurred an incident which shall
not readily forget. had given three days rest to
| the soldiers, and their Cloth0ads were furnished
| with bountiful supplies OF meat, which told how
well they had enjoyed themselves during the halt;
but the guide stubborn fellow one inclined to be
impertinent whenever he had the chance, wished
for another days hunting. He selected Bombay as
his hismouthpecc, and scodcd Bombay for being the
bearer Of such an unreasonable demand, when he
knew very well / could not possibly allow it after
haltlng already three days. Bombay became
sulky, said it was not his fault, and that
he could do nothing more than come and tell
me, which denied In toto, and said to him
that he could have done much, very much more,
and better, by telling the guide that another days
halt was impossible; that we had not come TO
hunt, but to march and find the white man, Living
stone; that If he had spoken to the guide against
it, as 1t was his duty, he being captain Instead OF
accepting the task Of conveying unpleasant news
to me, 1t would have been much better. ordered
the horn to sound, and the expedition had gone
but three miles when l found they had come TO
dead stand. AS was walking up to see what was
the matter saw the guide and his brother sitting
on an ant hill, apart from the other pe0-
| pie, lingering their guns in what ap-
peared 10 me o most suspicious manner
| Calling Salim, l took the double-barreled
| smooth-bore and slipped In two charges OF buck
shot, and then walked on to my people, keeping ON
! eye, however, upon the guide and his brother.
asked Bombay to give me an explanation OF the
stoppage. He would not answer, though he num-
bled something sullenly, which was unintegible
TO- me. looked to the other people, and per-
ceived that they acted in irres0lute manner, as
ifthey feared to take my part or were OF the same
mind as the party on the ant hill was but thirty
PAGES from the guide, and throwing the barrel OF
| the gun into the hollow of my left hand, pre-
sented it, cooked at the guide and called out to him
If he did not come to me at once would shoot
him, giving him and his companion to understand
that had twenty -four small bullets in the gun and
| that could blow them to pieces
| THE REBELLIOUs GUIDE
In very reluctant manner they advancpd toward
me. When they were sufficiently near I ordered
them to halt but the guide as he did 30, brought
his gun to the present. with his finger the trig-
ger, and, with treacherous and cunning smile
which perfectly understood, he asked what !
wanted OF him. His companion while he was speak
ing was siding to my rear and was imprudently
engaged in filing the pan Of his musket with pow
der; but a threat to finish him II he did Eot go
back to his companion and there stand until gave
him permission to move compelled this villanOus
Thersites to execute the fright about' with a
promptitude when earned commentator from me.
Al Then, facing my Ajax Of guide with my gun, ]
next requested him to lower his gun If he did not
wish to receive the contents Of mine in his head
| and do not know but what the terrible catas-
trophe warranted by stern necessity had oc-
Cured then and there If Maboukl (''bull.
headed" Mabouki, but my faithful porter and
faithful soldier) had not dashed the
mans gun aside asking him how he dared level his
gun at his master, and then thrown himself at my
feet, praying me to forgive him. Mabouks action
and subsequent conduct somewhat disconnected
myself as well as the murderous-looking guide, but
felt thankful that had been spared shedding
| blood, though there was great prOv0cati0n Few
cases OF homicide could have been more justified
than this, and felt certain that this man had been
seducing my soldiers from their duties to me, and
was the cause principally Of Bombay remaining In
the background during this interesting episode OF
march through the wilderness, instead of acting
the part which Mabouk so readily undertook TO
90. When Mabouki's prayer for forgiveness was