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to the village, which extends over a square mile at 

 least, being by far the largest native settlement I 

 have seen in Africa. It consists of large mud 

 huts, neatly thatched, some having three and even 

 four rooms, and the whole place was remarkable for 

 its cleanliness. The river divides the village into two 

 parts, the huts on the north side being much larger 

 and altogether more comfortable than those on the 

 south. In perhaps the largest hut in the village, one 

 which contained four rooms, each room having a 

 wooden door, a thing I had never seen in any native 

 village before, the apartment in which Livingstone had 

 slept was pointed out, and the exact manner in which 

 he had tied up his mosquito curtains described. I ex- 

 amined all the walls, and every inch of the door, in 

 the hope of finding some trace of a pencil, or some- 

 thing to shew as evidence of the fact that Livingstone 

 had been there, but nothing was to be seen. Still I 

 could not bring myself to doubt these men's statements. 

 One man brought a piece of cloth which he said was 

 all that was left of two fathoms with which Livingstone 

 had presented him, and the chief stated that the white 

 man had given him some brown paper he had taken 

 off some parcels, but it was all gone. We sat, smoked, 

 and talked under the verandah of this hut for some 

 time, when Karongo asked us to go and look at his 

 cattle. We went, and in a yard strongly fenced he 

 showed us seven beautiful little cows and a bull. They 

 were perfect pictures, being in splendid condition, and 

 not unlike the Brahminee Bull of India. He promised 

 also to send us some milk in the morning. During 

 our return to the boat Karongo told us that the white 



