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or S.S.E. ; but the people of Matiamvo had' never gone far down 

 it, as their chief had always been afraid of encountering a tribe 

 whom, from the description given, I could recognize as the Ma- 

 kololo. He described five rivers as falling into the Lolo, viz., 

 the Lishish, Liss. or Lise, Kalileme, Ishidish, and Molong. None 

 of these are large, but when they are united in the Lolo they 

 form a considerable stream. The country through which the 

 Lolo flows is said to be flat, fertile, well peopled, and there are 

 large patches of forest. In this report he agreed perfectly with 

 the people of Matiamvo, whom we had met at Quendende's vil- 

 lage. But we never could get him, or any one in this quarter, 

 to draw a map on the ground, as people may readily be got to do 

 in the south. 



Katema promised us the aid of some of his people as carriers, 

 but his rule is not very stringent or efficient, for they refused to 

 turn out for the work. They were Balobale ; and he remarked 

 on their disobedience that, though he received them as fugitives, 

 they did not feel grateful enough to obey, and if they continued 

 rebellious he mus't drive them back whence they came ; but there 

 is little fear of that, as all the chiefs are excessively anxious to 

 collect men in great numbers around them. These Balobale 

 would not go, though our guide Shakatwala ran after some of 

 them with a drawn sword. This degree of liberty to rebel was 

 very striking to us, as it occurred in a country where people 

 may be sold, and often are so disposed of when guilty of any 

 crime ; and we well knew that open disobedience like this among 

 the Makololo would be punished with death without much cere- 

 mony. 



On Sunday, the 19th, both I and several of our party were 

 seized with fever, and I could do nothing but toss about in my 

 little tent, with the thermometer above 90°, though this was the 

 beginning of winter, and my men made as much shade as pos- 

 sible by planting branches of trees all round and over it. We 

 have, for the first time in my experience in Africa, had a cold 

 wind from the north. AH the winds from that quarter are hot, 

 and those from the south are cold, but they seldom blow from 

 either direction. 



20th. We were glad to get away, though not on account of 

 any scarcity of food ; for my men, by giving small presents of 



