the Expedition, and unworthy as was his appearance, disgraceful
as he was in his filth, I here commend him for his influence
over the rabble to all future East African travellers.

Foremost among those who welcomed us was a Father of the Society
of St.-Esprit, who with other Jesuits, under Father Superior
Horner, have established a missionary post of considerable
influence and merit at Bagamoyo. We were invited to partake of
the hospitality of the Mission, to take our meals there, and,
should we desire it, to pitch our camp on their grounds. But
however strong the geniality of the welcome and sincere the
heartiness of the invitation, I am one of those who prefer
independence to dependence if it is possible. Besides, my
sense of the obligation between host and guest had just had
a fine edge put upon it by the delicate forbearance of my kind
host at Zanzibar, who had betrayed no sign of impatience at the
trouble I was only too conscious of having caused him. I
therefore informed the hospitable Padre, that only for one night
could I suffer myself to be enticed from my camp.

I selected a house near the western outskirts of the town, where
there is a large open square through which the road from Unyanyembe
enters. Had I been at Bagamoyo a month, I could not have bettered
my location. My tents were pitched fronting the tembe (house) I
had chosen, enclosing a small square, where business could be
transacted, bales looked over, examined, and marked, free from the
intrusion of curious sightseers. After driving the twenty-seven
animals of the Expedition into the enclosure in the rear of the
house, storing the bales of goods, and placing a cordon of soldiers
round, I proceeded to the Jesuit Mission, to a late dinner, being