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the Lake, is largest — one can see Tanganyika from it. It 

 probably gives rise to the Nkalanibwe Kiver and the Luaze. 



There is nothing interesting in a heathen town. All are 

 busy in preparing food or clothing, mats or baskets, whilst 

 the women are cleaning or grinding their corn, which 

 involves much hard labour. They first dry this in the sun, 

 then put it into a mortar, and afterwards with a flat basket 

 clean off the husks and the dust, and grind it between two 

 stones, the next thing is to bring wood and water to cook it. 

 The chief here was aroused the other day, and threatened 

 to burn his own house and all his property because the 

 people stole from it, but he did not proceed so far : it was 

 probably a way of letting the Arab dependants know that 

 he was aroused. 



Some of the people who went to fight attacked a large 

 village, and killed several men ; but in shooting in a bushy 

 place they killed one of their own party and wounded 

 another. 



On inquiring of an Arab who had sailed on Tanganyika 

 which way the water flowed, he replied to the south ! 



The wagtails build in the thatch of the huts ; they are 

 busy, and men and other animals are active in the same way. 



I am rather perplexed how to proceed. Some Arabs seem 

 determined to go westwards as soon as they can make it up 

 with Nsama, whilst others distrust him. One man will send 

 his people to pick up what ivory they can, but he himself 

 will retire to the Usango country. Nsama is expected to- 

 day or to-morrow. It would be such a saving of time and 

 fatigue for us to go due west rather than south, and then 

 west, but I feel great hesitation as to setting out on the 

 circuitous route. Several Arabs came from the Liemba side 

 yesterday ; one had sailed on Tanganyika, and described 

 the winds there as very baffling, but no one of them has a 

 clear idea of the Lake. They described the lower part as- 

 a '"' sea," and thought it different from Tanganyika. 



