64 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. III. 



We passed village after village, and gardens all deserted ! 

 We were now between two contending parties. We slept 

 at one garden ; and as we were told by Chenjewala's people 

 to take what we liked, and my men had no food, we gleaned 

 what congo beans, bean leaves, and sorghum stalks we could, 

 — poor fare enough, but all we could get. 



29th June. — We came on to Machemba's brother, Chimseia, 

 who gave us food at once. The country is now covered 

 with deeper soil, and many large acacia-trees grow in the 

 rich loam : the holms too are large, and many islands 

 afford convenient maize grounds. One of the Nassick lads 

 came up and reported his bundle, containing 240 yards 

 of "calico, had been stolen ; he went aside, leaving it on the 

 path (probably fell asleep), and it was gone when he came 

 back. I cannot impress either on them or the sepoys that 

 it is wrong to sleep on the march. 



Akosakone, whom we had liberated, now arrived at 

 the residence of her husband, who was another brother of 

 Machemba. She behaved like a lady all through, sleeping 

 at a fire apart from the men. The ladies of the different 

 villages we passed condoled with her, and she related to 

 them the indignity that had been done to her. Besides this 

 she did us many services : she bought food for us, because, 

 having a good address, we saw that she could get double 

 what any of our men could purchase for the same cloth; 

 she spoke up for us when any injustice was attempted, and, 

 when we were in want of carriers, volunteered to carry a bag 

 of beads on her head. On arriving at Machemba's brother, 

 Chimseia, she introduced me to him, and got him to be 

 liberal to us in food on account of the service we had 

 rendered to her. She took leave of us all with many 

 expressions of thankfulness, and we were glad that we 

 had not mistaken her position or lavished kindness on the 

 undeserving. 



One Johanna man was caught stealing maize, then another, 



