, 1877-10-12
more tlian that, saId hin Safr Ia the most trust
cd agent Of the authorities at Zanzibar.

yema | arrived OH ono OF tho fields where slavcs
ire ohtalnc.l, where It may bo said they are
", wtere they are parked. shot, or captured, as
The caso may lie; for until slaves are needed
they arc permitted to thrive In their small, un-
Eeni thcIr plantations, sn,i IMPROVE theIr dwell
lings, to quarrel In that soft, mild manner pccu-
ltar to slnpIe and not orer strong-nlndc'l say
ages, which docs but little harm TO anybody.
MURDER FOR SPORT.
Wncn, however, there IL growing demand
for slaves, revival IN the trade, Afoen! DuKaUl-
bt OF NyangHc, Mollannetl bin Nassus Of kas-
aesea. Mohafnmcsf-b!n-sana Of Mama Mamba,
district, invite tllcr friends aud dependents for
a few days sport, Just az at English nobscman
invites his, friends 10 Erouse or deer
!. v unaerstoo1 % II q Course, re, tlss III men found
carrying spears should be considered dangerous.
and shot, TO be cut to pieces afterwards; but
the women and children and submissive uinlta
murder Of people on this ecats IL called \ war
and 4 grievance, a. with your potentales.-for
war Is soon discovered where the lotscs are Al
ways on tho sfle Of Tie simple sayaRce. In
ages sometimes attempt to rstaltate, and Then
follows another grievance aod another war.
DISMAL REcuRns.
have three 1ittla extracts from my notebook
which request you to pubtlsh, to the truth Of
wticj, nns Arab or Arab siaro At present In Nv |
angwe would be quite ni!llng to testify:
"ost lz.Arabss organized sna toay a;n fen ih thS
Nyaugwe TO avcnge tho murder and eating OF |
Moha1nmedb III so,td md ten men by 2 title
rear Manu- Mpun,la, half way between kastcsn
and Nyangwe. Aser ao sIr aeys -, sanEh1cr r. mo
'ds Soet. M.~The natives Of KaJauea, near
NFangwe, wcrc sorcly troubled two or three
wcze ii tic employ Of Moha1nmcd bin Bald.
Their fnsolcpce was 20 unbearab1e TINT the na-
lives at last said, 'We will stand this LONGER.
They will Iorce our wives and daughtcrs before
thcut xiii tbcmt and bcfoFa tho Arabs como We
viii bc on Unfortunately only one Of tho
Unnyamwcze was killed; the others tonk fright
and disappeared to rouse the Arabs With new
Is only as big aa tho end OF ones finger, sct out
for tlie scene OF action with a tnutlcrous ceert.
", anil, besides making fifteen Slaves, killed
thirty. and ct arc 70 :ight villages. All M.ng:moso
prtze.' .....
"Oct. al.-The day after my arrival here has
been sienaled by Ill attack nude 1y Mtaeamo1o
upon the WagenYs, qF iIshermen, on the lslt
and returned this day mon With atty or sixty
women md q few children. ~.
quiErlNa TROUBLESOME rElonBoRs.
a. Arc .lese wars q yours frequont' aaked
,"Ffequen.I Sometimes s!S times md ten
these pagan. to 30 .aulet. They arc always
kicking up trouble, killing some q our people
whenever they eau yet CHANGE. A small forco
Of Hve Of ten suns dare not set out TO hunt
game. We arr always on Tho lookout for
trouble, anl when We hear Of 1.-Two all set out
Tho method Of punishment which tho Arabs
havc adopted in MAnycsna means q cut-thFoat
grnb nt auytlinE or everything, from woman
10 puv empty !gourd, from a goat or pig 70 a
hcns egg, md IN ind!scr1miante shooting into
onuk1,f fnerfnr tia nHnl11INnrn nj ARMED
| foo
When such simple savaHes - these OF Man.
ycma run away half dead Will, fright, unnerved
by the trtghtiut noise Of 1nlisket!y a11t! whistle
| Imagined that many ltttie things Of value 10
| Arabs aud their slaves aro picked up. Nv
| picture also proves how most OF the miserable
half.castcs aud Arab staryellnea from zanztbar
arc ablc to muster from 800 to 600 armed slaves
each. They have but ilttle cloth and beads to
buy food for these slages they must, therefore,
be sustained by the profits and loot derived
! from rnids.
CREATING WILDERNESS.
| Wadc Sateni, one Of the Capta!us 10 our ex-
petition, said to me- ~ We maEelicti fron Mana
Afainba to Nyangnr, "Maatcr, all this plain IT,
Ing between Mann Mamba anti Nyangwe, when
thtckty Tint w travccd through garlctis and
fields and Villages every quarter Of an hour.
| There were Hooks Of 1oata md urptes of black
pigs round every village. bunch Of bnnauas
| CQuNl LIZ fulSiA3SA LII OuE EOWbsCt w tAu
sce what tho country IL now for yoursclE."
I saw an untuhaoitct Enthusiastically.
Tho country was only redeemed tron, utter de-
population by small inhabited tliatrlct, y IN
tcfynls OF six hours 1narrh, the peoptu OF which
accmed to be over on tl!c aui vise against at-
tuck. II the Arahs intended to colontze tltis
! country such reckless conduit and !naisennih.
ate shooting ot people would hc deemed grsst
| folly, but the Arabs have no intention OF COLO
Milling Mnnycma. They arc merely temporary
residents III a district which. up to the present
tiur, llas 0'lcrcs golden opportunities OF traslc
III ci,N,sInx tl,s district the Arabs consl,lere,l
that tic nniires Of Manycnn wcre lcAst able of
my trbo or tribes IN Central Africa to interiors
With them.
THa rno1nEss or pEroruLArloH.
As Livingstone WAS oIle Of the carly arrivals
| among tue atrangess Ia M4uyeulu, ho was atlo
to uota a1ll observe tue first symptoas Rn.i tho
causcs Of depoWllat!on which las beGn going gu
now for a nerloil Of eight years. Were y nos
u glance at the districts now depopulatcJ, i la
probable that tic would be moro than ever llllcd
With SORROW at t!!a nadolnRs OF these traiiers'
The Atabs have been now over eight years ~
Manycma, yet, though their slavea have inade
progress further wcst. thsy have been unable t.
discover suitable iocAllly Tor trade, Or to 10
euro a sta for tradlue depot. Tue 1iatlycs
further west appear by their reports to bo ex
yal-tfough one numbered 29o Kuns-has bcou
compelled to turn back much reduced IN mum
btrt, With woflll tales oE hght1ngs bcaieglng
aud suffering from want Of food.
| AVOIDING WARLlKB TRIBE.
It Wilt be thus seen that this Arab tradera
having special regard for. their health. do no.
caro- TO injure themselves w making raid!
aguinst stFong tribes; that they prefer wcak
stnall tribes. wlose want Of Organization an.
combination renders them sncciallY powerles
aganae compact body Of 1yD men armed witt
muskct.. Man5sma snd hatnnsu' untsstu
} opportunities from local causes, Each anal
vtliacs oheyed separate Chiei. md their nea
ncIE4borllood ous to another chgendeEed triha
tealouses and hates, ~ that, wlIen tho trader
tame. they were not ouly aparrcd to assum.
this offensive BY their own avarce, but carl
Chief did his bust to secure thctr sid aRains
Ills ncighbor. Manyema has become prey fo'
tue ArAhg, aud MarunKu ts batng dcpopulatet
by the Uauya.nwexs ia Arab interests.
now aLAvKs ARE KMFL01ED.
The Arabs buy gungs Of men tn tho Afrtcal
Interior, for the business of purchasing tvor
secrssttates q demand for human carriers, and
ax hired portcrs are nut a!Wass u bo obtained
they arr naturally Compelled to purchase slave
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