those men who had been sent on for reliefs to Kaze were bringing
us a large detachment of slaves to help us on. My men had
brought no food either for us or their friends, as the cloths
they took with them, "which were their own," were scarcely
sufficient to purchase a meal--famines being as bad where they
had been as in Ugogo. To try and get all the men together again,
I now sent off a party loaded with cloths to see what they could
get for us; but they returned on the 30th grinning and joking,
with nothing but a small fragment of goat-flesh, telling lies by
the dozens. Johur then came into camp, unconscious that Baraka
by my orders had, during his absence, been inspecting his kit,
where he found concealed seventy-three yards of cloth, which
could only have been my property, as Johur had brought no akaba
or reserve fund from the coast.

The theft having been proved to the satisfaction of every one, I
ordered Baraka to strip him of everything and give him three
dozen lashes; but after twenty-one had been given, the rest were
remitted on his promising to turn Queen's evidence, when it
transpired that Mutwana had done as much as himself. Johur, it
turned out, was a murderer, having obtained his freedom by
killing his master. He was otherwise a notoriously bad
character; so, wishing to make an example, as I knew all my men
were robbing me daily, though I could not detect them, I had him
turned out of camp. Baraka was a splendid detective, and could
do everything well when he wished it, so I sent him off now with
cloths to see what he could to at Jiwa la Mkoa, and next day he
returned triumphantly driving in cows and goats. Three
Wanyamuezi, also, who heard we were given to shooting wild
animals continually, came with him to offer their services as