626 CEOSSING THE LOANGWA. 



inscriptions on stone, and the people could not tell what the Ba- 

 zunga called their place. We found afterward it was Zumbo. 



I felt some turmoil of spirit in the evening at the prospect of 

 having all my efforts for the welfare of this great region and its 

 teeming population knocked on the head by savages to-morrow, 

 who might be said to " know not what they do." It seemed such 

 a pity that the important fact of the existence of the two healthy 

 ridges which I had discovered should not become known in Chris- 

 tendom, for a confirmation would thereby have been given to the 

 idea that Africa is not open to the Gospel. But I read that Jesus 

 said, "All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth ; go ye, 

 therefore, and teach all nations and lo, I am with you al- 

 ways even unto the end of the world.' 1 '' I took this as His word 

 of honor, and then went out to take observations for latitude and 

 longitude, which, I think, were very successful. (The church : lat. 

 15° 37' 22" S., long. 30° 32' E.) 



15th. The natives of the surrounding country collected around 

 us this morning, all armed. The women and children were sent 

 away, and one of Mburuma's wives, who lives in the vicinity, was 

 not allowed to approach, though she had come from her village to 

 pay me a visit. Only one canoe was lent to us, though we saw 

 two others tied to the bank. The part we crossed was about a 

 mile from the confluence, and, as it was now flooded, it seemed 

 upward of half a mile in breadth. We passed all our goods first 

 on to an island in the middle, then the remaining cattle and men ; 

 occupying the post of honor, I, as usual, was the last to enter the 

 canoe. A number of the inhabitants stood armed all the time we 

 were embarking. I showed them my watch, lens, and other things 

 to keep them amused, until there only remained those who were 

 to enter the canoe with me. I thanked them for their kindness, 

 and wished them peace. After all, they may have been influenced 

 only by the intention to be ready in case I should play them some 

 false trick, for they have reason to be distrustful of the whites. 

 The guides came over to bid us adieu, and we sat under a mango- 

 tree fifteen feet in circumference. We found them more commu- 

 nicative now. They said that the land on both sides belonged to 

 the Bazunga, and that they had left of old, on the approach of 

 Changamera, Ngaba, and Mpakane. Sekwebu was with the last 

 named, but he maintained that they never came to the confluence, 



