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medicine ! but I trust in the Lord, who healeth His 

 people. 



18^ February. — This cow we divided at once. The last 

 one we cooked, and divided a full, hearty meal to all every 

 evening. 



The boom — booming 1 of water dashing against or over the 

 rocks is heard at a good distance from most of the burns in 

 this upland region ; hence it is never quite still. 



The rocks here are argillaceous schist, red and white. 

 {Keel, Scottice.) 



19 th February. — Chitapangwa begged me to stay an- 

 other day, that one of the boys might mend his blanket ; 

 it has been worn every night since April, and I, being weak 

 and giddy, consented. A glorious day of bright sunlight 

 after a night's rain. We scarcely ever have a twenty-four 

 hours without rain, and never half that period without 

 thunder. 



The camwood (?) is here called molombwa, and grows very 

 abundantly. The people take the bark, boil, and grind it 

 fine : it is then a splendid blood-red, and they use it ex- 

 tensively as an ornament, sprinkling it on the bark-cloth, 

 or smearing it on the head. It is in large balls, and is now 

 called mkola. The tree has pinnated, alternate lanceolate, 

 leaves, and attains a height of 40 or 50 feet, with a diameter 

 of 15 or 18 inches finely and closely veined above, more 

 widely beneath. 



I am informed by Abraham that the Nyumbo (Nunibo or 

 Mumbo) is easily propagated by cuttings, or by cuttings of 

 the roots. A bunch of the stalks is preserved in the soil 

 for planting next year, and small pieces are cut off, and 

 take root easily ; it has a pea-shaped flower, but we never 

 saw the seed. It is very much better here than I have seen 

 it elsewhere ; and James says that in his country it is quite 



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