1V8 ACROSS AFEICA. [Chap. 



L-hruan-, i^^'g^ J (jj^| j^q^ venture to trust Dr. Livingstone's papers to 

 ' ' such a poor chance of arriving at Unyanyembe. 



My lirst trij) was to Bangwe, a small island which is the 

 northernmost land on the eastern shore visible from Kawele, 

 though, owing to the lay of the lake, it only bears north-west 

 by west, three-quarters west from that j)lace. Here I got a set 

 of bearings ; and, having carefully calculated the distance from 

 another point of observation at Kawele, I was able, by cross- 

 bearings, to plot in the principal parts visible from both points 

 with considerable accuracy, so as to serve as a base for my sur- 

 vey of the lake. 



Just before starting on a surveying cruise, I heard by chance 

 that the wife of one of those men who, according to Said ibn 

 Salim, would readily lend me a boat, was at Ujiji ; and, on mak- 

 ing my request known to her, she immediately comjDlied, giv- 

 ing me one in good order, but without a sail. The first boat 

 I named Betsy ; and the second, which was to be the tender, 

 Piclde. 



It now became necessary to engage men from whom I might 

 learn the names of the different places round the lake, and to 

 point out the nightly camps and act as interpreters. 



Two who had gone to the north end with Livingstone and 

 Stanley were brought to me. But in the weighty matter of 

 engaging them, the mutwale and wateko of course had a finger, 

 and charged more for their fees than the men received as hire. 



In consequence of my being attacked with fever, which last- 

 ed two or three days, these fellows, in the belief that I was un- 

 lucky, threw up their engagement, and refused to accompany 

 me. Their pay and the eldei's' fees were returned, on the prin- 

 ciple of " no work, no pay ;" and three days afterward I ob- 

 tained the services of two very decent men, Parla and Regwe, 

 of whom the last named was the jDrincipal, bnt by no means the 

 better. The amount they were to receive for the journey was 

 seventeen and a half dollars each, M'hile the fees to the elders 

 amounted to thirty -four. It was rather a long price to pay 

 two naked fellows for al)out a couple of mouths ; but it must 

 be remembered that uncivilized countries are always the most 

 expensive for the traveler, though they may not be for the 

 settler. 



