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CHAPTEB XYIII. 



DR. LIVINGSTONE ADVANCES TO THE NORTHWEST — VISITS 

 KATENDE AND IONGA PANZA. 



21th of February. — On reaching unfiooded lands beyond 

 the plain, we found the villages there acknowledged the 

 authority of the chief named Eaten de, and we discovered, 

 also, to our surprise, that the almost level plain we had 

 passed forms the watershed between the southern and 

 northern rivers, for we had now entered a district in 

 which the rivers flowed in a northerly direction into the 

 Easai or Loke, near to which we now were, while the 

 rivers we had hitherto crossed were all running southward. 

 Having met with kind treatment and aid at the first vil- 

 lage, Eatema's guides returned, and we were led to the 

 N.N.W. by the inhabitants, and descended into the very 

 first really-deep valley we had seen since leaving Eolo- 

 beng. A stream ran along the bottom of a slope of three 

 or four hundred yards from the plains above. 



We crossed this by a rustic bridge at present submerged 

 thigh deep by the rains. The trees growing along the 

 stream of this lovely valley were thickly planted and very 

 high. Many had sixty or eighty feet of clean straight 

 trunk, and beautiful flowers adorned the ground beneath 

 them. Ascending the opposite side, we came, in two 

 hours' time, to another valley, equally beautiful, and with 

 a stream also in its centre. 



Beaching the village of Eabinje, in the evening he sent 

 us a present of tobacco, Mutokuane or "bang," (Cannabis 

 sativa,) and maize, by the man who went forward to an- 

 nounce our arrival, and a message expressing satisfaction 

 at the prospect of having trade with the coast. The 

 westing we were making brought us among people 

 who arc frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealerg. 



