S84 BOROMA'S VILLAGE. 



next island we came to was that of a man named Mozinkwa. 

 Here we were detained some days by continuous rains. 



We were detained here so long that my tent became 

 again quite rotten. One of my men, after long sickness, 

 which I did not understand, died here. He was one of the 

 Batoka, and when unable to walk I had some difficulty in 

 making his companions carry him. They wished to leave 

 him to die when his case became hopeless. Another of 

 them deserted to Mozinkwa. He said that his motive for 

 doing so was that the Makololo had killed both his father 

 and mother, and, as he had neither wife nor child, there 

 was no reason why he should continue longer with them. 

 I did not object to his statements, but said if he should 

 change his mind he would be welcome to rejoin us, and 

 intimated to Mozinkwa that he must not be sold as a slave. 



February 1. — We met some native traders ; and, as many 

 of my men were now in a state of nudity, I bought some 

 American calico, marked "Lawrence Mills, Lowell/' with 

 two small tusks, and distributed it among the most needy. 

 After leaving Mozinkwa's, we came to the Zingesi, a sand- 

 rivulet in flood, (lat. 15° 38' 34" S., long. 31° V E.) It was 

 sixty or seventy yards wide, and waist deep. Like all these 

 sand-rivers, it is for the most part dry; but, by digging 

 down a few feet, water is to be found, which is percolating 

 along the bed on a stratum of clay. 



February 4. — We were much detained by rains, a heavy 

 shower without wind falling every morning about daybreak : 

 it often cleared up after that, admitting of our moving on a 

 few miles. A continuous rain of several hours then set in. 



On the 6th we came to the village of Boroma, which is 

 situated among a number of others, each surrounded by 

 extensive patches of cultivation. On the opposite side of 

 the river we have a great cluster of conical hills, called 

 Chorichori. Boroma did not make his appearance, but sent 

 a substitute, who acted civilly. I sent Sekwebu in the 

 morning to state that we intended to move on : his mother 

 replied that, as she had expected that we should remain, no 



