422 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chap. 



November, Maiioel appropriated my abandoned tent, bed, and boat, and 



1875. lodged them with a friend in a village near by ; and early on 



the following morning I started — with five of my own men, 



Manoel and two of his, and the Bailunda, who said they could 



. go at any pace — to make a rush for the coast, leaving three of 



JVIanoel's people to act as guides to the caravan. 



Jumah, Sambo, Hamees Ferlian, Marijani, All ibn Mshanga- 

 ma, were the men who volunteered to accomjDany me. 



My kit consisted of what I stood up in, and a spare shirt, a 

 pair of slippers, a blanket, frying-pan, tin cup, sextant, artificial 

 horizon, and writing materials ; making in all a load of about 

 twenty jDounds, which was shifted from man to man on the 

 journey. 



My personal stock of food and stores for the road was com- 

 posed of half the fowl obtained at Lungi, a little flour, and my 

 last two yards of cloth. 



The men were rather better off, as the cloth I had given 

 them on leaving Bihe w^as not expended, and Marijani, who, be- 

 ing able to speak Portuguese, had acted as interpreter, had been 

 presented with three pieces of cloth. Two of these I bought, 

 to leave with Bombay for the use of the caravan. 



We set out at a good sjDeed across rough and broken country ; 

 but about noon the Bailunda, who had boasted about their pace, 

 gave in, saying that they did not calculate upon going at such a 

 rate. 



About three o'clock we halted at a small camp situated upon 

 a large open up-land, made ourselves as comfortable as might 

 be, and took advantage of the stream running at the foot of 

 the hills to enjoy a bathe. I felt rather stiff after the sharp 

 march ; but Jumah was an adept at shampooing, and took some 

 of the kinks out of my muscles. 



This camp was the highest point throughout the whole jour- 

 ney, being five thousand eight hundred feet above the sea, and 

 the adjoining hills might have been eight hundred feet higher. 



A large up caravan of Bailunda passed us here. Many of 

 them had umbrellas whicli might have rivaled Joseph's coat 

 for variety of color, each gore being a different tint. Red, 

 pink, green, yellow, blue, violet, and white were sometimes to 

 be found in one umbrella. Empty paraffine tins were carried 



