28 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. I. 



eating fame : a woman's child had crept into a quiet corner 

 of the hut to eat a banana — she could not find him, and 

 at once concluded that the Manyuema had kidnapped him 

 to eat him, and with a yell she ran through the camp and 

 screamed at the top of her shrill voice, " Oh, the Manyuema 

 have stolen my child to make meat of him ! Oh, my child 

 eaten — oh, oh ! " 



26th-2Sth September. — A Lunda slave-girl was sent off to 

 be sold for a tusk, but the Manyuenia don't want slaves, as 

 we Avere told in Lunda, for they are generally thieves, and 

 otherwise bad characters. It is now clouded over and pre- 

 paring for rain, when sun comes overhead. Small-pox comes 

 every three or four years, and kills many of the people. 

 A soko alive was believed to be a good charm for rain ; so 

 one was caught, and the captor had the ends of two fingers 

 and toes bitten off. The soko or gorillah always tries to 

 bite off these parts, and has been known to overpower a 

 young man and leave him without the ends of fingers and 

 toes. I saw the nest of one : it is a poor contrivance ; no 

 more architectural skill shown than in the nest of our 

 •Cushat dove. 



29th September. — I visited a hot fountain, an hour west 

 of our camp, which has five eyes, temperature 150°, slightly 

 saline taste, and steam issues constantly. It is called 

 Kasugwe Colambu. Earthquakes are well known, and to 

 the Manyuema they seem to come from the east to west ; 

 pots rattle and fowls cackle on these occasions. 



2nd October, 1869. — A rhinoceros was shot, and party sent 

 off to the Eiver Luamo to buy ivory. 



5th October.- — An elephant was killed, and the entire 

 population went off to get meat, which was given freely at 

 first, but after it was known how eagerly the Manyuema 

 sought it, six or eight goats were demanded for a carcase 

 and given. 



