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in this part of the country, obtaining it from the plains in 

 the usual way. 



The half-caste partner of Sequasha and a number of his 

 men were staying near. The fellow was very much frightened 

 when he saw us, and trembled so much when he spoke, that 

 the Makololo and other natives noticed and remarked on it. 

 His fears arose from a sense of guilt, as we said nothing to 

 frighten him, and did not allude to the murder till a few 

 minutes before starting; when it was remarked that Dr. 

 Livingstone having been accredited to the murdered Chief, 

 it would be his duty to report on it ; and that not even the 

 Portuguese Government would approve of the deed. He 

 defended it by saying that they had put in the right mau, 

 the other was a usurper. He was evidently greatly relieved 

 when we departed. In the afternoon we came to an outlying 

 hamlet of Kambadzo, whose own village is on an island, Ny- 

 ampungo or Nyangalule, at the confluence of the Kafue. The 

 Chief was on a visit here, and they had been enjoying a regu- 

 lar jollification in honour of his Highness. There had been 

 much mirth, music, drinking, and dancing. The men, and 

 women too, had taken " a wee drap too much," but had not 

 passed the complimentary stage. The wife of the headman, 

 after looking at us a few moments, called out to the 

 others, " Black traders have come before, calling themselves 

 Bazimgu, or white men, but now, for the first time, have we 

 seen the real Bazimgu." Kambadzo also soon appeared ; he 

 was sorry that we had not come before the beer was all done, 

 but he was going back to see if it was all really and entirely 

 finished, and not one little potful left somewhere. 



This was, of course, mere characteristic politeness, as he 

 was perfectly aware that every drop had been swallowed ; 

 so Ave proceeded on to the Kafue, or Kafuje, accompanied 



