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clays' journey with Livingstone, viz., one to Karry- 

 maksura, and four to Pasombe, where they left 

 him well, all having received their cloth. It will 

 be remembered that Moosa reported the murder as 

 having happened the day they left Maksura. Ma- 

 renga had since heard that Livingstone had reached 

 a place called Connigipoonda, some distance from 

 Pasombe. It was now plain enough ; the route Liv- 

 ingstone had taken from Ngomano was by Mataka, 

 Pamquala, Pemanyinnee, Mataka, Mapoonda, and Ma- 

 renga. The men from the cutter had escorted him five 

 days' journey to Pasombe, which would not probably 

 be more than fifty miles, and at Pamquinda we had 

 seen the men who took him from Pasombe a day's 

 march to Maleeway. Marenga had heard of him be- 

 ing at Connigipoonda, somewhere beyond Pasombe, 

 and probably some distance. He stated that he never 

 cautioned Livingstone not to advance, or warned him 

 of the Mavite, who, he says, are some distance to 

 the north of Kotakota Bay. He also told us that 

 Karry maksura had been driven away since by the 

 Ajawahs, and was some distance off in the mountains. 

 He next showed us some cloth and cartridge-cases 

 which Livingstone had given him. They proved to be 

 exactly the same as those we had seen on the other 

 side of the lake. A few minutes after he remember- 

 ed some medicine he had received from Livingstone, 

 and asked us if we would like to see it. On being 

 answered in the affirmative, he sent one of his wives 

 Tor the parcel, and she soon returned with several 

 packages of different powders made up in paper, 

 which turned out to be pages from "The Nautical 



