302 PARTING WITH MOLOKA. 



trophies or provisions, knowing that I should never 

 be too far from the river to communicate with the 

 boat in a few hours. Antonio was told off to me, and 

 the Shupanga men (those who had remained at 

 Matiti in our service while we were on the lake) being 

 asked which two of their number would volunteer to 

 remain with me, they all with one consent declared that 

 they would stay. Lots were drawn, and Mankokwe 

 (a most extraordinary and amusing man) and Bussan- 

 tee, a sharp young lad, were the lucky ones. About 5 

 P.M. Mr. Young and the remainder of the expedition, 

 with the Search and PetreTs whale-boat, left amidst 

 the hearty cheers of some three hundred natives who 

 crowded the bank to see them off. I obtained from 

 Mr. Young fresh supplies of provisions and a sufficient 

 quantity of barter goods to take me down to the 

 coast, in case I should not see the party again before 

 arriving there. 



The next day was passed cleaning up guns and ar- 

 rangingfor another trip to the Moanza, which we intend- 

 ed striking lower down than where I had been hunt- 

 ing, and nearer the Shire. By hunting the jungles 

 near the river down to the Shire I should get good 

 sport. 



I was much disappointed in the evening when Mo- 

 loka told me he could not go shooting any more, 

 his feet being swollen and sore. Indeed he was 

 knocked up, and anxious to return to his home, from 

 which he had been absent a long time. Over and 

 over again, as he held my hand to say good-bye, did 

 he make me promise to return — and he said if I did 

 come back again he should like to return with me to 



