xiv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL 



TACB 



Riot in the camp. Mohamad's account of his long imprisonment. 



Superstitions about children's teeth. Concerning dreams. News 

 of Lake Chowambe. Life of the Arab slavers. The Katanga 

 gold supply. Muabo. Ascent of the Eua Mountains. Syde bin 

 Habib. Birthday, 19th March, 1868. Hostility of Mpweto. Con- 

 templates visiting Lake Bemba. Nile sources. Men desert. The 

 shores of Moero. Visits Fungafunga. Return to Casembe's. 

 Obstructiveness of " Cropped - ears." Accounts of Pereira and 

 Dr. Lacerda. Major Monteiro. The line of Casembes. Casembe 

 explains the connection of the Lakes and the Luapula. Queen 

 Moiiri. Arab sacrifice. Kapika gets rid of his wife .. .. 275 



CHAPTER XII. 



Prepares to examine Lake Bemba. Starts from Casembe's 11th June, 

 1868. Dead leopard. Moenampanda's reception. The River 

 Luongo. Weird death-song of slaves. The forest grave. Lake 

 Bemba changed to Lake Bangweolo. Chikumbi's. The Imbozhwa 

 people. Kombokombo's stockade. Mazitu difficulties. Discovers 

 Lake Bangweolo on 18th July, 1868. The Lake Chief Mapuni. 

 Description of the Lake. Prepares to navigate it. Embarks for 

 Lifunge Island. Immense size of Lake. Reaches Mpabala Island. 

 Strange dream. Fears of canoe men. Return to shore. March 

 back. Sends letters. Meets Banyamwezi. Reviews recent ex- 

 plorations at length. Disturbed state of country .. .. .. 301 



CHAPTER XIIL 



Cataracts of the Kalongosi. Passage of the river disputed. Leeches 

 and method of detaching them. Syde bin Habib's slaves escape. 

 Enormous collection of tusks. 111. Theory of the Nile sources. 

 Tribute to Miss Tinne. Notes on climate. Separation of Lake 

 Nyassa from the Nile system. Observations on Victoria Nyanza. 

 Slaves dying. Repentant deserters. Mohamad Bogharib. En- 

 raged Imbozhwa. An attack. Narrow escape. Renewed attack. 

 A parley. Help arrives. Bin Juma. March from the Imbozhwa 

 country. Slaves escape. Burial of Syde bin Habib's brother. 

 Singular custom. An elephant killed. Native game-laws. Rumour 

 of Baker's Expedition. Christmas dinners .. .. .. .. 333 



