CONTEXTS. 



out. Escape from a Cobra capella. Pushes for the diambeze\ 

 Death of Chitane. Great pinch for food. Disastrous loss of 

 medicine chest. Bead currency. Babisa. The Chambeze. Beaches 

 Chitapangwa's town. Meets Arab traders from Zanzibar. Semis 

 off letters. Chitapangwa and his people. Complications.. .. 159 



CHATTER VIII. 



Chitapangwa's parting oath. Course laid for Lake Tanganyika. 

 Moamba's village. Another watershed. The Babcmba tribe. Ill 

 with fever. Threatening attitude of Chibue's people. Continued 

 illness. Beaches cliffs overhanging Lake Liemba. Extreme beauty 

 of the scene. Dangerous fit of insensibility. Leaves the Lake. 

 Bernambuco cotton. Eumours of war between Arabs and Nsama. 

 Beaches Chitimba's village. Presents Sultan's letter to principal 

 Arab, Hamees. The war in Itawa. Geography of the Arabs. 

 Ivory traders and slave-dealers. Appeal to the Koran. Gleans 

 intelligence of the Wasongo to the eastward, and their chief, 

 Merere. Hamees sets out against Nsama. Tedious sojourn. 

 Departure for Ponda. Native cupping .. .. .. .. 19c 



CHAPTER IX. 



Peace negotiations with Nsama. Geographical gleanings. Curious 

 spider. Beaches the Biver Lofu. Arrives at Nsama's. Hamees 

 marries the daughter of Nsama. Flight of the bride. Con- 

 flagration in Arab quarters. Anxious to visit Lake Moero. 

 Arab burial. Serious illness. Continues journey. Slave-traders 

 on the march. Beaches Moero. Description of the Lake. Infor- 

 mation concerning the Chambeze and Luapula. Hears of Lake 

 Bemba. Visits spot of Dr. Lacerda's death. Casembe apprised 

 of Livingstone's approach. Meets Mohamad Bogharib. Lakelet 

 Mofwe. Arrives at Casembe's town . . . . . . . . . . 22i 



CHAPTER X. 



Grand reception of the traveller. Casembe and his wife. Long stay 

 in the town. Goes to explore Moero. Despatch to Lord Clarendon, 

 with notes on recent travels. Illness at the end of 1867. Further 

 exploration of Lake Moero. Flooded plains. The Biver Luao. 

 Visits Kabwabwata. Joy of Arabs at Mohamad bin Salleh's 

 freedom. Again ill with fever. Stories of underground dwellings. 250 



