24 NYANZA PANGONO. 



We found this river broad at its exit from the Zam- 

 besi, but shallow and with a strong current — in lat. 

 W SO' S., long 35^ 15 ' E. Trees stood in the cen- 

 tre here and there, and there were numerous small 

 islands, forming many narrow passages, and some 

 swift " shoots," in one of which the Search nearly cap- 

 sized, and my own boat was swung round with vio- 

 lence. The river soon branched off into small streams 

 in almost every direction, and it was impossible 

 to tell which was the proper channel through these 

 marshes. 



On the 8th August, after spending the night in the 

 midst of myriads of mosquitoes, we entered a large 

 marsh. Here the stream we had followed again di- 

 vided itself into many smaller and more shallow ones ; 

 and after trying several of these, we had to lighten the 

 Search and drag her through a mud bank. We then 

 immediately entered a large river, steering north by 

 east, with a range of mountains on our left, and Mor- 

 umballa bearing east-south-east. This river now grad- 

 ually curved to the eastward, and after a stretch of 

 about two miles another curve changed our course to 

 east-south-east. This curve continued, and after 

 a short distance we found ourselves in a small lake, 

 steering south-south-east, on to the north end of 

 Morumballa Mount. This lake turned out to be 

 the Nyanza Pangono, or Little Lake, as marked in 

 Dr. Livingstone's map, and appeared to be from 

 four to five miles across where we passed. Numbers 

 of hippopotami were seen in it, and in another stream 

 which we soon entered, and which led us into the 

 Shir^. I wounded one, a long shot, but did not kill 



