302 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. XII. 



" Men," and very good when mashed with fish : if in Zan- 

 zibar, they are probably known in other tropical islands. 



4th June. — From what I see of slaving, even in its best 

 phases, I would not be a slave-dealer for the world. 



5ili June. — The Queen Moari passed us this morning, 

 going to build a hut at her plantation ; she has a 

 pleasant European countenance, clean light-brown skin, 

 and a merry laugh, and would be admired anywhere. I 

 stood among the cassava to see her pass ; she twirled 

 her umbrella as she came near, borne by twelve men, and 

 seemed to take up the laugh which made her and her 

 maids bolt at my reception, showing that she laughs not 

 with her mouth only, but with her eyes and cheeks : she 

 said, " Yambo" (how are you) ? Ta which I replied, " Yambo 

 sana " (very well). One of her attendants said, " Give her 

 something of what you have at hand, or in the pockets." I 

 said, " I have nothing here," and asked her if she would 

 come back near my hut. She replied that she would, and 

 I duly sent for two strings of red beads, which I presented. 

 Being lower than she, I could see 

 !f''%P^r~ that sne na( ^ a n °l e through the 

 s^ljjv' cartilage, near the point of her 



Filed Teeth of Queen Moan. slightly aquiline nose ; and a space 

 was filed between the two front teeth, so as to leave a 

 triangular hole. 



After delay had grown vexatious, we march three hours 

 on the 9th, and reach the Katofia Eiver, covered with 

 aquatic trees and running into the Mbereze: five yards 

 wide and knee deep. 



10th June. — Detained again, for business is not finished 

 with the people of Casembe. The people cannot esteem the 

 slave-trader, who is used as a means of punishing those who 

 have family differences, as those of a wife with her husband, 

 or a servant with his master. The slaves are said to be 

 generally criminals, and are sold in revenge or as punish- 



