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species of fish in the lake ; they said that they never cease as- 

 cending the Kalongosi, though at times they are more abundant 

 than at others : they are as follows : 



Monde; Mota; Lasa; Kasibe; Molobe; Lopembe; Motoya 

 Chipansa ; Mpifu ; Manda ; Mpala ; Moombo ; Mfeu ; Mende 

 Seuse ; Kadia nkololo ; Etiaka ; Nkomo ; Lifisha; Sambamkaka 

 Ntondo ; Sampa ; Bongwe ; Mabanga ; Kise ; Kuanya ; Nkosu 

 Pale; Mosungu; Litembwa; Mechebere; Koninchia; Sipa 

 Lomembe; Molenga; Mironge; Nfindo; Pende. 



But the point, perhaps, of most interest in this march, was 

 the Chungu, whose broad deep waters were found choked up 

 with trees and aquatic plants. Here the distinguished Dr. 

 Lacerda died ; he had penetrated as far as Casembe in his effort 

 to establish a route from the Portuguese possessions on the east 

 to Angola. 



Dr. Livingstone was now not exactly on familiar ground, but 

 perhaps not very many days travel from the old path along 

 which he led his Makololo many years before. The people of 

 Casembe are Balonda, with whom we became familiar in the 

 earlier part of the book. 



Profiting by the benevolent suggestion of a guide, who had 

 been picked up at Kifurwa, Dr. Livingstone sent a present to 

 apprise Casembe of his approach, and waited by the Chungu 

 until the chief might send one of his counsellors to conduct 

 them to his town. 



They entered on the 21st, and met there one Mohamad bin 

 Saleh, who has had his residence in the country during the 

 reign of four of the Casembes. He was a fine portly black 

 Arab with pure white beard, and by his long residence had 

 gained considerable influence among the Balonda as also at 

 Tanganyika. This man received the doctor most graciously, 

 and tendered him a hut where he might abide while his own 

 was being erected. 



There the doctor made some notes, which the reader will be 

 pleased to have in his own language : 



"An Arab trader, Mohamad Bogarib, who arrived seven days 

 before us with an immense number of slaves, presented a meal 

 of vermicelli, oil, and honey, also cassava meal cooked so as to 

 resemble a sweetmeat (I had not tasted honey or sugar since we 

 left Lake Nyassaj in September, 1866) : they had coffee too. 



