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guides might not hear that he had been one of their ene- 

 mies. But that we were looked upon with suspicion, on 

 account of having come in the footsteps of invaders, was 

 evident from our guides remarking to men in the gardeus 

 through which we passed, "They have words of peace — 

 all very fine; but lies only, as the. Bazunga are great liars." 

 They thought we did not understand them ; but Sekwebu 

 knew every word perfectly; and, without paying any 

 ostensible attention to these complimentary remarks, we 

 always took care to explain ever afterward that we were 

 not Bazunga, bat Makoa, (English.) 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



DR. LIVINGSTONE DESCENDS THE ZAMBESI TO CHICOVA. 



Wth. — We reached the confluence of the Loangwa and 

 the Zambesi, most thankful to God for his great mercies in 

 helping us thus far. Mburuma's people had behaved so 

 suspiciously, that, though we had guides from him, we 

 were by no means sure that we should not be attacked 

 in crossing the Loangwa. We saw them here collecting 

 in large numbers, and, though professing friendship, they 

 kept at a distance from our camp. They refused to lend 

 us more canoes than two, though they have many. They 

 have no intercourse with Europeans except through the 

 Babisa. They tell us that this was formerly the residence 

 of the Bazunga, and maintain silence as to the cause of 

 their leaving it. I walked about some ruins I discovered, 

 built of stone, and found the remains of a church, and on 

 one side lay a broken bell, with the letters I. H. S. and a 

 cross, but no date. There were no inscriptions on stone, 

 and the people could not tell what the Bazunga called 

 their place. We found afterward it was Zumbo. 



