268 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOUKNALS. [Chap. X. 



same quarter running 3000 or 4000 feet up hill, and named 

 it the " New Zambesi," because I suppose the old Zambesi 

 runs down hill. I have walked over both these mental 

 abortions, and did not know that I was walking on water till 

 I saw them in the maps. 



[The despatch breaks off at this point. The year con- 

 cludes with health impaired. As time goes on we shall see 

 how ominous the conviction was which made him dread the 

 swamps of Bangweolo.] 



28-Slst December, 1867. — We came on to the rivulet 

 Chirongo, and then to the Kabukwa, where I was taken ill. 

 Heavy rains kept the convoy back. I have had nothing but 

 coarsely-ground sorghum meal for some time back, and am 

 weak ; I used to be the first in the line of march, and am 

 now the last ; Mohamad presented a meal of finely-ground 

 porridge and a fowl, and I immediately felt the difference, 

 though I was not grumbling at my coarse dishes. It is well 

 that I did not go to Bangweolo Lake, for it is now very 

 unhealthy to the natives, and I fear that without medicine 

 continual wettings by fording rivulets might have knocked 

 me up altogether. As I have mentioned, the people suffer 

 greatly from swelled thyroid gland or Derbyshire neck and 

 Elephantiasis scroti. 



1st January, 1868. — Almighty Father, forgive the sins of 

 the past year for Thy Son's sake. Help me to be more 

 profitable during this year. If I am to die this year pre- 

 pare me for it. 



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I bought five hoes at two or three yards of calico each : 

 they are 13^ inches by 6^ inches; many are made in 

 Casembe's country, and this is the last place we can find 

 them: when we come into Buire we can purchase a good 

 goat for one ; one of my goats died and the other dried up.. 



