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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 who, from the description given, I could recognise as 

 the Makololo. 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 

 village. But we never coidd 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. 



Katenia 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 fugi- 

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

 continued rebellious he must drive them back whence they 

 came : but there is little fear of that, as all the chiefs are exces- 

 sively 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 tins among the Makololo, would be punished with death 

 without much ceremony. 



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. All 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 



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