I cannot state how much I was worried by these wretched slaves, who did much to annoy me, with the sympathy of all the slaving crew.

When baffled by untoward circumstances the bowels plague me too, and discharges of blood relieve the headache, and are as safety-valves to the system.

I was nearly persuaded to allow Mr.Syme to operate on me when last in England, but an old friend told me that his own father had been operated on by the famous John Hunter, and died in consequence at the early age of forty.

His advice saved me, for this complaint has been my safety-valve.
The Zingifure, or red pigment, is said to be a cure for itch common among both natives and Arab slaves and Arab children.
_20th May, 1871._--Abed called Kalonga the headman, who beguiled him as I soon found, and delivered the canoe he had bought formally to me, and went off down the Lualaba on foot to buy the Babisa ivory.

I was to follow in the canoe and wait for him in the River Luera, but soon I ascertained that the canoe was still in the forest, and did not belong to Kalonga.