382 THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



"The neggeri, an African animal, attacks the tenderest parts 

 of man and beast, cuts them off, and retires contented ; buffaloes 

 are often castrated by him. Men who know it squat down, and 

 kill him with knife or gun. The zibu, or mbuine, flies at the 

 tendon Achilles ; it is most likely the ratel." 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



DEPARTURE FROM BAMBARRE. 



ON Februaiy 4 Livingstone was much encouraged by a report 

 that ten of his men from the coast were come near to Bambarre, 

 and would arrive that day. In his great exultation he writes : 

 *' I am extremely thankful to hear it, for it assures me that my 

 packet of letters was not destroyed. They know at home by 

 this time what has detained me, and the end to which I strain !" 



On the next day, however, his hopes were dissipated, when his 

 men arrived with the information that only one of his letters 

 reached Zanzibar. After referring to his disappointment he 

 writes: "James was killed by an arrow to-day; the assassins 

 hid in the forest till my men, going to buy food, came up. They 

 found indisputable proof that his body had been eaten by the 

 Manyuema who lay in ambush." 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PEOPLE. 



ON the 16th of February Livingstone started from Bambarre 

 again on a third attempt to explore the Lualaba river. The 

 people whose villages he passed through generally received him 

 kindly, as his reputation for justice, as distinguished from the 

 depredations of the Arabs, had preceded him. Before getting 

 out of the Manyuema country he adds another paragraph to his 

 journal, concerning the comely features of the people, in the 

 following language : 



" The Manyuema are far more beautiful than either the bond 

 or free of Zanzibar; I overheard the remark often, 'If we had 

 Manyuema wives, what beautiful children we should beget,' 



