102 BAINES ON THE ZAMBESI EXPEDITION. [Jan. 10, 1859. 



tain BediR^eld was left with Colonel Nunes for a passage to Quilli- 

 mane ; Kirk and Thornton remained in charge of the stores, and 

 Baines goes up river. Rae, the engineer, is sick with excessive 

 work, and Mr. Livingstone tends the engine. — 11th. Reached Sha- 

 moeira. Several slaves were on sale for a fathom of cloth each. — l^th. 

 An accident with the whale boat : she fouled the paddle-wheels and 

 capsized ; . more than one man was nearly drowned. Several stores 

 were lost ; part of the sugar-mill, some boiler tubes, spades, &c., but 

 the boat itself was not hurt. — \^th. Further troubles in navigat- 

 ing the shallows. — 21st. Dr. Livingstone and his brother landed 

 and walked to Senna. — 22nd. Began settling with the natives who 

 had worked at landing the stores ; they asked 100 fathoms of cloth. 

 The price of the country is one yard of cloth for carrjdng a man's 

 load one league. The 100 fathoms was a great overcharge. The 

 decision of the matter was deferred. Left Senna and steamed up 

 the river. The islands were numerous and the vegetation became 

 richer. — 23rd Made only about seven miles. — 24:th. Channel very 

 intricate ; the pinnace drew too much water. The loads were so 

 adjusted that^oth launch and pinnace drew 2 feet 4 inches. — 2bth. 

 Launch grounded, and was in serious danger. It was arranged that 

 Baines should remain behind in the pinnace with one whale-boat 

 and two Kroomen, and that Dr. Livingstone should go with the 

 launch and one whale-boat only to Tete. The entire flotilla was too 

 much for the launch to tow. — 2Qth. The launch was detained for 

 want of some slight repairs. — 21th. Launch started. Baines rigged 

 up an awning to the pinnace ; the natives brought food to sell. 

 There was a good deal of planted ground in the neighbourhood. 

 Many hippopotamus spears were observed in the village. — 2^th. Ar- 

 ranged a cooking-place on board the pinnace. — 2^th. Natives rather 

 troublesome ; their canoes surrounded the pinnace : observed latitude 

 17° 9' 30". — ^Oth. Moved the pinnace to mid-stream and anchored 

 there. 



Sept. 2nd. Made a tiller to the whale-boat ; shifted anchorage about 

 a mile. — 4:th. The grass was burning on the hills,, and burnt leaves, 

 &c., carried upwards by the stream of rarefied air, fell about the boat. 

 — Uh. Three canoes passed by. — Uh, Sailed a little farther, but the 

 boat was so heavily laden as hardly to be manageable by the small 

 crew in this strong current and intricate river except straight 

 before the wind. The days passed with no particular incident till, 

 on the 11 thy the launch returned. It had been only three days re- 

 turning from Tete. Mr. Livingstone was left at Tete. He and 

 Mr. Rae had both been very ill. Some coal was brought on board. 



