Vegetable.
Rice, jowari, bagri, maize, manioc, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, melons, cucumbers, tobacco, cotton, pulse in great varieties, chilis, bénghans, plantains, tomatoes, sesamum.
The Quantity of Kit taken for this Journey consisted of—
9 Gorahs merikani; 1 Gorah or piece of American sheeting, = 15
cloths of 4 cubits each.
30 Do. Kiniki; 1 Gorah Kiniki, a common indigo-dyed stuff, = 4
cloths of 4 cubits each.
1 Sahari, a coloured cloth. | These cloths are more expensive being of
1 Dubuani, a coloured cloth. | better stuff, and are used chiefly by the
2 Barsati, a coloured cloth. | sultans and other black swells.
20 Maunds white beads = 70 lb. 3 loads of rice grown at Unyanyembé by the Arabs.
Expenditure for the Journey from 9th July to 25th August 1858.
Value.
10 Beluches' wages, 150 shukkas, or 4 cubits apiece
merikani, 100 dols.
10 Beluches' rations, given in advance, 30 lb. white
beads, 5
15 Pagazis' wages, 75 shukkas merikani, 50
26 Men, including self, rations, 60 lb. white beads, 10
2 Pagazis, extra wages, 7 shukkas of merikani and
kiniki mixed, 5
6 Sultans' hongos or presents, 22 shukkas of merikani and
kiniki, mixed, 16
6 Do. Do. Do. 2 barsatis, 2
Total expenditure, 188 dols.
Or £39, 3s. 4d.
The Indian Government also very generously authorised me to pay, on my last expedition, those poor men who had carried our property down from Kazé to Zungoméro; but unfortunately for them, as well as for our own credit, I could not find one man of the lot.
The End.