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They declared that such a country would not suit their business: the people were too strong for them; and the traders from Zanzibar purchased their ivory from M'tese with cotton stuffs, silks, guns, and powder, brass-coil bracelets, beads, &c. The beads were exchanged by equal weight for ivory. "Even at Fatiko the brass-coil bracelets from Zanzibar are now common.
In Unyoro, cattle are scarce, and they belong to the king; therefore the girls are purchased for various commodities such as brass-coil bracelets, bark-cloths, cotton shirts, ivory, &c. I was anxious to establish a new and legitimate system of trade in this country, which would be the first step towards a higher civilization.
These purchases were made by an exchange of slaves, brass-coil bracelets, and long cotton shirts; which were either of British or Indian manufacture, that had arrived via Zanzibar.
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