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ACROSS AFRICA. 



[Chap. 



July, 



ISYS. 



VIEW IN rOOGO. 



est, until, owing to the lateness of the hour and the men being 

 tired, it was hopeless to attempt to reach the next watering- 

 place that evening. But the next morning we started before 

 sunrise, and for the first time in Africa felt cold, the air being 

 very chilly. 



Arriving at a camping-place near a partially dried-up ziwa, 

 we found a down caravan on the point of leaving, and, in an- 

 swer to our inquiries, ascertained that Mirambo was still to the 

 fore. They had heard that Livingstone was all right ; but their 

 knowledge of his whereabouts was so vague that we placed no 

 trust in their reports. 



At this camp, which was on the outskirts of Kanyenye, the 

 largest and most ancient of all the districts in Ugogo, we were 

 visited by a grandson of Magomba, the head chief, who brought 

 us a liberal present of milk and honey. He said they had long 

 heard of us, and his grandfather had ordered him to advise us 

 to follow the direct road to liis tembe ; otherwise a son of the 

 old chief would endeavor to persuade us to pass by his place 

 with the view of extorting presents, which he had no authority 

 for doing. And, truly enough, emissaries arrived from this son 

 in the afternoon trying to induce us to pay him a visit. We 

 politely declined. 



