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to interfere, and appeared to be jealous of our intercourse 

 with the neighbouring nations, whom they were anxious to 

 describe to us as being exceedingly evil disposed. We were 

 obliged to remain here all day, and meanwhile made a tour 

 round the village. The tree Safu* grew here in abundance, 

 3-cal.3-petaL 6-andr. c. gland, d-altern.-monogyn. The fruit, 

 which was not yet ripe, is valued very highly. 



August 24th. A stranger had undertaken to serve as 

 puide. The greatest part of the baggage was left behind. 

 We proceeded eastwards parallel with the river, and into 

 a long valley called Vimba Macongo, which we found 

 tolerably even in traversing. We then passed by the 

 conical mountain Sansa Madungu Mongo, which had long 

 been within our view. Though the composition of the rock 

 is very mixed, it is, however, probably nothing else but 

 mica-slate. We arrived at the villages of Condoalla and 

 Kincaya. The horns of a large antelope were seen. I 

 fired at a small species of this genus. We proceeded 

 further through a valley covered with ant-hills, bearing a 

 resemblance to a fungus. After a march of eight or ten 

 miles we were again in the vicinity of the river, whose waters 

 here moved gently along. We observed on the opposite 



side a large canoe at no sjreat distance 



We encamped on an agreeable spot near die river, sur- 

 rounded by green banks and trees. Several new plants 

 occvured. 



A Chenoo, who appeared nmch more polite than the 



* In a detached note in pencil : Safu. fruct. edul. nigre tingens. (Kullu- 

 M'galo Galo ) 



