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

 Bazunga called then place. We found afterwards 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 

 Christendom, 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, / am with 



you alway, even unto the end of the world." I took this as His 

 word of honour, and then went out to take observations for lati- 

 tude and longitude, which, I think, were very successful. (The 

 church: lat. 15° 37' 22" S., long. 30° 32' E.) 



loth. The natives of the surrounding country collected around 

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

 away, and one of Mburunia'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 

 upwards 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 honour, 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 communicative 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 



