The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20

sera, Chowpereh and Susi heads OF departments ut
$40 II they gave satisfaction THIS they have tried
faithfully 10 do, and hitherto have been quite .
contrast to Bombay. who seemed to think that you
ought to please him.
NAJwARA, THE DRUAMER.
Majwara has behaved periectly-but slow.
slowl and keeps your nne silver teapot, spoons
ana knives as bright as n he were an English but
Ter; gets cup Of coffee at ave A. n. or sooner. II
don't advise him TO lie down again; walks at the
head OF the caravan Is drummer. this instrument
being the African sign OF peace AZ we'll OF war.
He objected at nrst to the ONCE bsoause the drum
had not been bought by either you or me- some
reasons are profound-ths may be- one OF them.
The fruits, fish, pork, biscuits, iewl have been
selected lar better than could have done. No
golden syrup could be found. or you would have
sent some The tea was very nicely secured. Your
wish for Joy OF the plum PUDDING was fulfilled,
though it would have been better had we been
nearer 10 Zambez, where we spent Christmas, TO
enjoy IT.
keep most Of your handsome presents OF cham.
payne Tor special occasion. One ride was Injured
at Bagamoyo; your other splendid rine and revolt
yer were all ! could desire tor efficiency The
lteen-shooter cartridges not satisfactory, but
everything else gives so much satisfaction that /
could not grumble though were bilious. thank
you very much and sincerely for all your kind
generosity.
A TsErsEB BITTEN DONKEY.
The new Zanzibar donkey came-lean, legsore
and stiff; so lett him with Sultan bin All. Your
TWO country beasts were IN capital condition.
Another you lett died with oil the symptoms OF
tsetse poison fully developed. He had the run OF
all the patches OF cultivation around u.s. and
perfect liberty, but persisted. the nrst Of his
species | had seen die like tsetse-bitten
OK. The larger country animal died from the
same cause, but had none OF the symptoms
except swelling Of mouth and nose and above the
eyes. He rallied twice, but when we lett the south
END Of the Ianganyika, where all was hot and dry,
we suddenly mounted up into the rainy season OF
Urungu or Burungu, when the cold and wet acted
as the natives told US in former years they would
do on all our cattle that had the poison In their
systems
had found, long before we had done with the
excessive heats in the mountains that nank Tan
ganyika, that riding in the sun Is more trying 10
the system than marching on foot The persplra-
tion caused by tramping modlnes the effects OF
temperature somewhat as wake1ulness does those
OF extreme cold.
In the hurry OF departure neglected your adj
vice to buy others, but was so overjoyed at hav.
Ing got the men that the idea OF being knocked up
by marching found as little place in my mind as 1t
does in that Of boy going home from school.
EXPLORATION.
The Zambeze was crossed long ago by the Portu-
guese, who have thus the merit OF Its discovery In
modern times. The similarity OF names led to It's
being put down in maps "Zambesi" eastern
branch, and rather stupldly took the error as
having some sort OF authority. Hence my first
crossing 1t was as fruitless as that OF the Portu-
guese. 1t took me full twenty-five months to
eliminate this error The Cazembe who was lately
~~bo
Chambeze was one OF a chain OF rivers and lakes
which probably forms the Nile; but he did 1t in
rather bantering style that led me to go back to
the head waters again, and that it was not the
mere '.chan' Of mighty potentate.
There Is Omar Island In the middle OF Bang
weolo, with 1s3 degrees Of sea horizon around
The natives, slowly drawing the hand around,
said 'sfhat is Zambeze flowing round all this
space, and forming Baagweolo, before 1t winds
round that headand and changes Its name to
Luapua" That was the moment Of discovery,
and not the mere crossing OF . small river. The
late Cazemoe found sensible and friendly. his
empire has succumbed before q very small force OF
Arab slaves and Wanyamwexi.
Pereira, the first Portuguese who visited the
Cazembe eighty years ago. said that he had 80, 900
trained soldiers. sacrificed twenty human victims
every day, and the streets Of his capital were
watered daily. Thought my late friend had 800 00
diminished by 00's, and sacrificed i've or six pots
Of pombe daily, but TIA must have been only
Court scandal-the streets OF his village were not
made. SO was reminded Of the famous couplet
about the Scotch roads,
Ii you had these roads before they were made
You would lit your hands and biess Coione Wade.
have been the unfortunate means OF demolish-
ing two empires IN Portuguese geography-the
CazemDes and that of the Emperor Monomotapa
l found the last ABOUT ten days above rette.
THEME FOR YOUNG DEBATERs
He had too few men TO make the snow Uazembe did
but l learned from some decent motner-lookinp
women attached to his Court Zembere, that he had
100 wives! have wondered ever since, and have
been nearly dumblounded with the idea OF what
nuisance man with 100 wives in England would
be. 1t Is awful to contemplate, and might be
chosen theme Tor o young mems DEBATING
society.
DEMOLISHING FABLES
wish some one would visit MESA or Uganda
without Bombay as an interpreter He Bombay
is by no means sound author. The King OF Da-
honey suffered eclipse after a common sense visit,
and we seldom hear any more OF his atrocities
The mightiest African potentate and the most
dreadful crueltes told OF Africans owe vast deal
TO the teller. u#
& You and passed the islet Kasscnge where
African mothers were SAID to sell their infants for
loin cloth each. This story was made to ht into
another nice little story OF "a mother bear' that
refused to leave her young. child that cuts It's
upper front teeth before the under Is dreaded
as unlucky, and Is likely to bring death
into the family. 1t is called an Arab child,
and the first Arab who passes is asked to
take It. | never saw case nor have the
Arabs have asked seen one either, bat they have
heard oil lis occurrence. The Kassenge story is,
therefore, exactly like that OF the Frenchman who
asserted that the English were so fond of hanging
themselves in November you might see them
swinging on trees along the road. He may have
seen one; never did, English and American
mothers have been guilty OF deserving infants;
but who would turn up the whites of his eyes, and
say, as mothers Kassenge did, these
nennle are no heffer than Or NOT % nnod % sha