U LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOUENALS. [Chap. I. 



chief in Usige', with four tusks as a present to his friend 

 Moeneghere, and asking for canoes to be sent down to the 

 end of Urundi country to bring butter and other things, 

 which the three men could not bring : this seems an open- 

 ing, for Mokamba being Moeneghere's friend I shall prefer 

 paying Moeneghere for a canoe to being dependent on 

 Thani's skulkers. If the way beyond Mokamba is blocked 

 up by the fatal skirmish referred to, I can go from Mokamba 

 to Eumanyika, three or four or more days distant, and get 

 guides from him to lead me back to the main river beyond 

 Loanda, and by this plan only three days of the stream will 

 l)e passed over unvisited. Thani would evidently like to re- 

 ceive the payment, but without securing to me the object for 

 which I pay. He is a poor thing, a slaveling : Syed Majid, 

 Sheikh Suleiman, and Koroje, have all written to him, 

 urging an assisting deportment in vain : I never see him but 

 he begs something, and gives nothing, I suppose he expects 

 me to beg from him. I shall be guided by Moeneghere. 



I cannot find anyone who knows where the outflow of the 

 unvisited Lake S.W. of this goes ; some think that it goes 

 to the Western Ocean, or, I should say, the Congo. Mohamad 

 Bogharib goes in a month to Manyuema, but if matters turn 

 ■out as I wish, I may explore this Tanganyika line first. 

 One -who has been in Manyueina three times, and was of the 

 first party that ever went there, says that the Manyueina are 

 not cannibals, but a tribe west of them eats some parts of 

 the bodies of those slain in war. Some people south of 

 Moenekuss,* chief of Manyuema, build strong clay houses. 



22nd June. — After listening to a great deal of talk I have 

 come to the conclusion that I had better not go with Moene- 

 ghere's people to Mokamba. I see that it is to be a mulcting, 



* It is curious that this name occurs amongst the Zulu tribes south of 

 the Zambesi, and, as it has no vowel at the end, appears to be of altogether 

 foreign origin. — Ed. 



