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always made a furrow round each booth, and used the earth 

 to raise our sleeping-places. My men turned out to work 

 in the wet most willingly: indeed, they always did. 1 

 could not but contrast their conduct with that of Intemese. 

 He was thoroughly imbued with the slave-spirit, and lied 

 on all occasions without compunction. Untruthfulness is 

 a sort of refuge for the weak and oppressed. We e:spected 

 to move on the 4th, but he declared that we were So near 

 Katema's, if we did not send forward to apprize that chief 

 of our approach, he would certainly impose a (ine. It 

 rained the whole day, so we were reconciled to th3 delay ; 

 but on Sunday, the 5th, he let us know that we vere still 

 two days distant from Katema. We unfortunately could 

 not manage without him, for the country was so; deluged 

 we should have been brought to a halt, before we went 

 many miles, by some deep valley, every one of Mhich was 

 full of water. Intemese continued to plait his basket with 

 all his might, and would not come to our religions service. 

 He seemed to be afraid of our incantations, but vjas always 

 merry and jocular. 



6th. — Soon after starting, we crossed a branch ojthe Loka- 

 lueje by means of a canoe, and in the afternoon rassed over 

 the main stream by a like conveyance. The former, as is 

 the case with all branches of rivers in this lountry, is 

 called nuana Kalueje, (child of the Kaluejc.) Hppopotami 

 exist in the Lokalueje, so it ma} 7 be inferred ti be peren- 

 nial, as the inhabitants asserted. We cannot jidge of the 

 size of the stream from what we now saw. It had about 

 forty yards of deep, fast-flowing water, but pu>bably not 

 more than half that amount in the dry seasoi. Besides 

 these, we crossed numerous feeders in our N.MW. course, 

 and, there being no canoes, got frequently wet ij the course 

 of the day. The oxen in some places had theirtheads only 

 above water, and the stream, flowing over iieir backs, 

 wetted our blankets, which we used as saddles] The arm- 

 pit was the only safe spot for carrying the wat<p, for there 

 it was preserved from rains above and "vaters Iplow. T 



