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night so I could not get an observation except early in 

 the morning when the cold had dissipated the clouds. 



We remained here because two were lame, and all tired 

 by the descent of upwards of 2000 feet, and the headman 

 sent for fish for us. He dissuaded us strongly from at- 

 tempting to go down the Liemba, as the son of Nsama 

 (Kapoma) was killing all who came that way in revenge for 

 what the Arabs had done to his father's people, and he 

 might take us for Arabs. A Suaheli Arab came in the 

 evening and partly confirmed the statements of the head- 

 man of Karambo ; I resolved therefore to go back to Chi- 

 timba's in the south, where the chief portion of the Arabs 

 are assembled, and hear from them more certainly. 



The last we heard of Liemba was that at a great way 

 north-west, it is dammed up by rocks, and where it sur- 

 mounts these there is a great waterfall. It does not, it is 

 said, diminish in size so far, but by bearings protracted 

 it is two miles wide. 



18th May. — Keturn to Mokambola's village, and leave 

 for Chitimba's. Baraka stopped behind at the village, 

 and James ran away to him, leaving his bundle, containing 

 three chronometers, in the path : I sent back for them, and 

 James came up in the evening ; he had no complaint, and 

 no excuse to make. The two think it will be easy to return 

 to their own country by begging, though they could not 

 point it out to me when we were much nearer to where it is 

 supposed to be. 



Idth May. — Where we were brought to a standstill was 

 miserably cold (55°), so we had prayers and went on S. and 

 S.W. to the village of Chisaka. 



20th May. — Chitimba's village was near in the same 

 direction ; here we found a large party of Arabs, mostly 

 black Suahelis. They occupied an important portion of the 

 stockaded village, and when I came in, politely showed me 

 to a shed where they are in the habit of meeting. After 



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