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he had forty children. He says that Pereira fired off all 

 his guns on his arrival, and Casembe asking him what he 

 meant by that, he replied, " These guns ask for slaves and 

 ivory," both of which were liberally given. 



I could not induce Perembe to tell anything of times 

 previous to his own. Moendo-mondo, the world's leg 

 (Pereira), told Dr. Lacerda that the natives called him 

 "The Terror!" — a bit of vanity, for they have no such 

 word or abstract term in their language. 



When Major Monteiro was here the town of Casembe was 

 on the same spot as now, but the Mosumba, or enclosure of 

 the chief, was about 500 yards S.E. of the present one. 

 Monteiro went nowhere and did nothing, but some of his 

 attendants went over to the Luapula, some six miles distant. 

 He complains in his book of having been robbed by the 

 Casembe of the time. On asking the present occupant of 

 the office why Monteiro's goods were taken from him, he 

 replied, that he was then living at another village and did 

 not know of the affair. Mohamad bin Saleh was present, 

 and he says that Monteiro's statement is false : no goods 

 were forced from him ; but it was a year of scarcity, and 

 Monteiro had to spend his goods in buying food instead of 

 slaves and ivory, and made up the tale of Casembe plun- 

 dering him to appease his creditors. 



A number of men were sent with Monteiro as an honorary 

 escort. Kapika, an old man now living, was the chief or 

 one of the chiefs of this party, and he says that he went to 

 Tette, Senna, and Quillimane with Monteiro : this honorary 

 escort seems confirmatory of Mohamad's explanation, for 

 had Casembe robbed the Major none would have been 

 granted or received. 



It is warmer here than we found it in the way ; clouds 

 cover the sky and prevent radiation. The sorghum is now 

 in full ear. People make very neat mats of the leaves of 

 the Shuare palm. I got lunars this time. 



