1869.] VOYAGE TO UJIJI. 5 



Sth March. — On Kasanga islet. Cochin-China fowls* 

 and Muscovy ducks appear, and plenty of a small milkless 

 breed of goats. Tanganyika lias many deep bays running in 

 four or five miles ; they are choked up with aquatic vegeta- 

 tion, through which canoes can scarcely be propelled. When 

 the bay has a small rivulet at its head, the water in the bay 

 is decidedly brackish, though the rivulet be fresh, it made 

 the Zanzibar people remark on the Lake water, " It is like 

 that we get near the sea- shore — a little salt;" but as soon 

 as we get out of the shut-in bay or lagoon into the Lake 

 proper the water is quite sweet, and shows that a current 

 flows through the middle of the Lake lengtlnvays. 



Patience was never more needed than now : I am near 

 Ujiji, but the slaves who paddle are tired, and no wonder ; 

 they keep up a roaring song all through their work, night 

 and day. I expect to get medicine, food, and milk at Ujiji, 

 but dawdle and do nothing. I have a good appetite, and 

 sleep well ; these are the favourable symptoms ; but am 

 dreadfully thin, bowels irregular, and I have no medicine. 

 Sputa increases ; hope to hold out to Ujiji. Cough worse. 

 Hope to go to-morrow. 



9th March. — The Whydah birds have at present light 

 breasts and dark necks. Zahor is the name of our young 

 Arab host. 



11th March. — Go over to Kibize islet, 1^ hour from 

 Kasanga. Great care is taken not to encounter foul weather; 

 we go a little way, then wait for fair wind in crossing to 

 east side of Lake. 



12th March. — People of Kibize dress like those in Eua, 

 with cloth made of the Muabe or wild-date leaves ; the 



* On showing Cliuma and Susi some immense Cochin-China fowls at a 

 poultry show, they said that they were not larger than those which they 

 saw when with Br. Livingstone on these islands. Muscovy ducks abound 

 throughout Central Africa. — Ed. 



