The Luambwa to the Difuna River 



language, and were complete strangers to him. He 

 declared he was able to go on. 



We started early on the 25th and camped about 

 II A.M., half-way between the Kasenga and Difuna 

 rivers. The morning was cloudy, but the day 

 proved fine, and the warm sun enabled us to 

 thoroughly dry our tents, clothes, and bedding for 

 the first time for some days. 



We were now well to the westward of the 

 Luambwa, and the village near our camp was in 

 Congo territory ; at least we gathered that this 

 was the case from the fact that the natives paid 

 their hut-tax to Belgian officials. Our tents were 



pitched at the end of a large dambo, which A 



investigated in the afternoon, seeing much old 

 spoor, but no game. The natives either could not 

 or would not tell us the period of the year at 

 which game actually frequented the neighbour- 

 hood. 



The next day proved fine and warm. We 

 made a longish march, following a well-marked 

 track, rising gradually all the way. We travelled at 

 a good pace, and about noon reached the Mua river, 

 where we encamped ; the altitude was four thousand 

 three hundred feet. 



Native paths are mostly bordered with shrubs. 

 The reason for this is that the inhabitants on 

 clearing a path lop off branches and hew down the 

 trees, leaving three or four feet of trunk above 

 ground. The old stems sprout afresh, forming, in the 

 spring, shrubs of beautiful green foliage ; they 

 mostly bear enormous leaves from eight to twelve 



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