2L> LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. I, 



19th August. — To the River Lobumba, forty-five yards 

 wide, thigh deep, and rapid current. Logumba and Lobumba 

 are both from Kabogo Mounts : one goes into Tanganyika, 

 and the other, or Lobumba, into and is the Luamo : prawns 

 are found in this river. The country east of the Lobumba is 

 called Lobanda, that west of it, Kitwa. 



21st August. — Went on to the River Loungwa, which has 

 worn for itself a rut in new red sandstone twenty feet deep, 

 and only three or four feet Avide at the lips. 



2oth August. — We rest because all are tired ; travelling 

 at this season is excessively fatiguing. It is very hot at 

 even 10 a.m., and 2h or 3 hours tires the strongest — carriers 

 especially so : during the rains five hours would not have 

 fatigued so much as three do now. We are now on the same 

 level as Tanganyika. The dense mass of black smoke rising 

 from the burning grass and reeds on the Lobumba, or 

 Robumba, obscures the sun, and very sensibly lowers the 

 temperature of the sultriest day; it looks like the smoke 

 in Martin's pictures. The Manyuema arrows here are very 

 small, and made of strong grass stalks, but poisoned, the 

 large ones, for -elephants and buffaloes, are poisoned also. 



31st August. — Course N.W. among Palmyras and Hyphene 

 Palms, and many villages swarming with people. Crossed 

 Kibila, a hot fountain about 120°, to sleep at Kolokolo 

 River, five yards^wide, and knee deep : midway we passed 

 the River Kanzazala. On asking the name of a mountain on 

 our right I got three names for it — Kaloba, Chingedi, and 

 Kihomba, a fair specimen of the superabundance of names 

 in this country ! 



1st September, 1869. — AYest in flat forest, then cross 

 Kishila River, and go on to Kunde's villages. The Katamba 

 is a fine rivulet. Kunde is an old man without dignity or 

 honour : he came to beg, but offered nothing. 



2nd September. — We remained at Katamba to hunt buffa- 

 loes and rest, as I am still weak. A young elephant was 



