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clung to the bow, and was swept out into the middle of the 

 stream. Having held on when he ought to have let go, he 

 next put his life in jeopardy by letting go when he ought to 

 have held on ; and was in a few seconds swallowed up by a 

 fearful whirlpool. His comrades launched out a canoe below, 

 and caught him as he rose the third time to the surface, and 

 saved him, though much exhausted and very cold. 



The scenery of this pass reminded us of Kebrabasa, although 

 it is much inferior. A band of the same black shining glaze 

 runs along the rocks about two feet from the water's edge. 

 There was not a blade of grass on some of the hills, it being 

 the end of the usual dry season succeeding a previous severe 

 drought; yet the hill-sides were dotted over with beautiful 

 green trees. A few antelopes were seen on the rugged slopes, 

 where some people too appeared lying down, taking a cup of 

 beer. The Karivua narrows are about thirty miles in length. 

 They end at the mountain Eoganora. Two rocks, twelve or 

 fifteen feet above the water at the time we were there, may 

 in flood be covered and dangerous. Our chief danger was the 

 wind, a very slight ripple being sufficient to swamp canoes. 



We arrived at Zumbo, at the mouth of the Loangwa, 

 on the 1st of November. The water being scarcely up to 

 the knee, our land party waded this river with ease. A 

 buffalo was shot on an island opposite Pangola's, the ball 

 lodging in the spleen. It was found to have been wounded 

 in the same organ previously, for an iron bullet was im- 

 bedded in it, and the wound entirely healed. A great deal 

 of the plant Pistia stratiotes was seen floating in the 

 river. Many people inhabit the right bank about this 

 part, yet the game is very abundant. 



As we were taking our breakfast on the morning of the 

 2nd, the Mambo Kazai, of whom we knew nothing, and 

 his men came with their muskets and large powder-horns 



