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very fine and fat goat was purchased for tlie small 

 amount of two fathoms of cloth, value one and six- 

 pence. A slight breeze from the south-east took us 

 along for a couple of miles, when it died oiF com- 

 pletely, and "pull away " was again the order of the 

 day. Sadly and slowly the Makololos took up their 

 oars. It was dead calm, a heavy swell rolling up 

 from the south-west, and our sturdy crew were 

 just on the brink of givmg in, when the wind came 

 up from the same quarter dead against us. The 

 men said they could not pull the boat against it, and 

 rested on their oars. Fortunately for us, just as Mr. 

 Young began to think of returning to Pamquala, the 

 wind veered to the north, and we were enabled to 

 make sail again, and hold on our course. The wind 

 gradually coming round to the north- w^est, and freshen- 

 ing into a nice sailing breeze, we were once more 

 flying along. The Search always sailed well in a 

 breeze. 



We soon left Pamquala far behind, and the tops of 

 the mountains on the opposite side of the lake ap- 

 peared above the horizon. We made Chinsamba 

 about noon — as marked on Livingstone's map. On 

 drawing near the shore, which was composed of a 

 beautiful sandy beach^ such as those already described, 

 we saw three natives watching us from the water's 

 edge, and steered straight for them. At first they 

 seemed frightened, and commenced steadily retreating 

 towards the jungle, which came down to within a 

 hundred yards of the water ; but on our hailing them 

 through Moloka, and informing them who we were, 

 and what we wanted' they stood their ground and 



