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"mixing blood" with him, and Kimburu had given him three 

 slaves, and he in turn had sacked ten villages of their enemies 

 in token of friendship. This action of Manilla and Kimburu 

 had excited the jealousy of the Dngumbe's men, and they com- 

 menced a wholesale destruction of Kimburu's villages and 

 slaughter of his people, under pretence of punishing Manilla, 

 but really with no other object than to impress on the people of 

 the whole country that they must make friends with them alone, 

 and not with Manilla or any one else. 



Dr. Livingstone first heard the firing on the other side of the 

 Lualaba ; he knew well what it meant, and with a sad heart he 

 walked toward the market, where he was accustomed to find his 

 only relief from the oppressive intercourse with the people, whose 

 every word and act gave him pain. But he little dreamed what 

 a spectacle was awaiting him ; little did he expect to see this 

 place which had been his refuge for months the scene of the most 

 dreadful crime he had ever witnessed. He had often beguiled 

 weary hours watching the eager activity of these women ; had 

 enjoyed their innocent jokes, had been intensely amused by their 

 various performances, and deeply interested in their exhibitions 

 of various tempers, and had found room for much serious reflec- 

 tion on the phases of character among the untaught, and pi*obably 

 devised many a plan for the elevation of Africa, with the great 

 text-book of African character and African need lying open 

 before him. The place had been put among the pleasantest 

 sceaes and experiences of his travels, and shelved in memory for 

 the illustration of the bright side of African life which he longed 

 to show his countrymen and the world. He did not dream that 

 this scene was so soon to be crimsoned with the blood of innocent 

 beings ; that this pleasant memory was to receive the blackest 

 inscription possible for human depravity to indite. He never 

 penned a sadder record than we find under this memorable date. 



He tells us that it was a hot, sultry day, and when he went 

 into the market he saw Adie and Manilla, and three of the men 

 who had lately come with Dngumbe. He was surprised to see 

 these three with their guns, and felt inclined to reprove them, 

 as one of his men did, for bringing weapons into the slaughter- 

 market, but attributing it to their ignorance, and it being very 

 hot, he was walking away to go out of the market, when he saw 



