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by begging, Katema checked him by saying, ' Whatever strangers 

 give, be it little or much, I always receive it with thankfulness, 

 and never trouble them for more.' On departing, he mounted 

 on the shoulders of his spokesman, as the most dignified mode 

 of retiring." 



An equally pleasant reception was waiting for him at Shinte's 

 town. And it delighted his heart to observe that the infor- 

 mation he was able to give that chief of the uses to which slaves 

 were put in Angola, and the proof he gave of the extortions 

 of the Mambari, seemed to open his eyes to the evil of allow- 

 ing his subjects carried away into bondage. And parting on 

 good terms with him and his people, he journeyed on to the town 

 of his sister, through whose importunities he had formed the 

 acquaintance of Shinte as he passed up the country. Procuring 

 canoes of this lady, the party launched once more on the noble 

 Leeba, whose charming scenery had never faded from their 

 thoughts in all their wanderings. Everything was life along 

 those banks ; all the old familiar game and the more savage 

 beasts made their appearance frequently, but were too cautious 

 to come within the range of the guns. The sight of so many 

 glossy hides and tossing antlers excited a craving for " a good 

 meal of meat." His tooth became so eager for service in that 

 line that Livingstone began to look rather undecidedly on his 

 faithful old ox, " Sinbad" which had carried him so many hun- 

 dred miles. But the Makololo had come to count Sinbad as 

 one of the party, and their gentle protest was allowed to prevail. 

 The faithful creature fell a victim to the tsetse though and 

 ended his days at Naliele in peace. 



Though now surrounded by game, the party had passed the 

 confluence of the Leeba and Leeambye before they had a feast of 

 flesh. This was given them by some hunters whom they met. 

 Livingstone had been so long out of the land of game that he 

 had lost his skill and missed everything he shot at. About 

 this time, however, he determined to try and retrieve his repu- 

 tation with the gun ; and having wounded a zebra, he slowly 

 followed along on the track of his men who had given it chase. 

 While thus alone, he suddenly discovered a single buffalo, a 

 huge bull, rushing madly toward him. He saw only one tree 

 on the plain, and that some distance off; there was evidently no 



