CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



TAGE 



Footsteps of Moses. Geology of Manyuema land. " A drop of com- 

 fort." Continued sufferings. A stationary explorer. Conse- 

 quences of trusting to theory. Nomenclature of Rivers and 

 Lakes. Plunder and murder is Ujijian trading. Comes out of 

 hut for first time after eighty days' illness. Arab cure for 

 ulcerated sores. Rumour of letters. The loss of medicines a 

 great trial now. The broken-hearted chief. Return of Arab 

 ivory traders. Future plans. Thankfulness for Mr. Edward 

 Young's Search Expedition. The Hornbilled Phoenix. Tedious 

 delays. The bargain for the boy. Sends letters to Zanzibar. 

 Exasperation of Manyuema against Arabs. The " Sassassa bird." 

 The disease " Safura." . . . . . . - . . . 59 



CHAPTER IV. 



Degraded state of the Manyuema. Want of writing materials. Lion's 

 fat a specific against tsetse. The Neggeri. Jottings about Merere. 

 Various sizes of tusks. An epidemic. The strangest disease of 

 all ! The New Year. Detention at Bambarre. Goitre. News 

 of the cholera. Arrival of coast caravan. The parrot's-feather 

 challenge. Murder of James. Men arrive as servants. They 

 refuse to go north. Part at last with malcontents. Receives 

 letters from Dr. Kirk and the Sultan. Doubts as to the Congo 

 or Nile. Katomba presents a young soko. Forest scenery. 

 Discrimination of the Manyuema. They " want to eat a white 

 one." Horrible bloodshed by Ujiji traders. Heartsore and sick 

 of blood. Approach Nyangwe. Reaches the Lualaba 



CHAPTER V. 



The Chitoka or market gathering. The broken watch. Improvises 

 ink. Builds a new house at Nyangwe on the bank of the Lua- 

 laba. Marketing. Cannibalism. Lake Kamalondo. Dreadful 

 effect of slaving. News of country across the Lualaba. Tire- 

 some frustration. The Bakuss. Feeble health. Busy scene at 

 market. Unable to procure canoes. Disaster to Arab canoes. 

 Rapids in Lualaba. Project for visiting Lake Lincoln and the 

 Lomame. Offers large reward for canoes and men. The slave's 

 mistress. Alarm of natives at market. Fiendish slaughter of 

 women by Arabs. Heartrending scene. Death on land and in 

 the river. Tagamoio's assassinations. Continued slaughter 

 across the river. Livingstone becomes desponding .. .. 112 



