22 HEAVY SQUALL. 



Our old crew having been paid off, a new batch 

 of Shupanga men took their place, each to receive a 

 piece of cloth (16 yards, value about 4^.) per month. 

 Chinsora and Singeery are the life of the native camp 

 at night. They are very amusing, and full of chaff, 

 which they invariably carry on in English. Long after 

 we have turned in they are to be heard over the fire 

 as jolly as sandpipers. 



We left Shupanga on the 3rd, and had a stiff 

 breeze, our crews singing like maniacs. About mid- 

 day it blew hard, and I was obliged to take in two reefs 

 — a high sea running in the river, which is very broad 

 just here. Towards evening we called at the village 

 of Chiko, a native who had been some time with 

 Livingstone. This man stated that he had left the 

 Doctor at Zanzibar ; but Mr. Young said he knew him 

 to be a thorough scoundrel. He spoke English 

 well, and was tolerably well-dressed in European 

 clothes. 



In consequence of the Portuguese having left Shu- 

 panga, Mr. Young considered it necessary to go to 

 Senna for the purpose of handing over certain letters 

 to the authorities there, prior to pursuing our course 

 up the Shire. On our way there we had several 

 heavy squalls, in one of which my mast was again car- 

 ried away, and the Search carried away her boom. 

 Besides this, we kept continually getting on sand- 

 banks. 



On the 6th we stopped at the settlement of a Por- 

 tugoose, who rejoiced in the name of Francisco. He 

 was very civil, and gave us a capital lunch of bread, 

 plantains and wine, for which he received a bottle of 



