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Lake River to Katanga head waters and then retire. I pray 

 that it may be to my native home. 



Syde bin Habib, Dugumbe, Jmna Merikano, Abdullah 

 Masendi are coming in with 700 muskets, and an immense 

 store of beads, copper, &c. They will cross Lualaba and 

 trade west of it: I wait for them because they may have 

 letters for me. 



28th October. — Moenemokata, who has travelled further 

 than most Arabs, said to me, " If a man goes with a good- 

 natured, civil tongue, he may pass through the worst people 

 in Africa unharmed :" this is true, but time also is required : 

 one must not run through a country, but give the people 

 time to become acquainted with you, and let their first fears 

 subside. 



29 th October. — The Manyuema buy their wives from each 

 other; a pretty girl brings ten goats. I saw one brought 

 home to-day ; she came jauntily with but one attendant, 

 and her husband walking behind. They stop five days, 

 then go back and remain other five days at home : then the 

 husband fetches her again. Many are pretty, and have 

 perfect forms and limbs. 



Slst October.— ^Monangoi, of Luamo, married to the sister 

 of Moenekuss, came some time ago to beg that Kanyingere 

 might be attacked by Mohamad's people : no fault has he, 

 " but he is bad." Monangoi, the chief here, offered two tusks 

 to effect the same thing ; on refusal, he sends the tusks 

 to Katomba, and may get his countryman spoiled by him. 

 " He is bad," is all they can allege as a reason. Meantime 

 this chief here caught a slave who escaped, a prisoner from 

 Moene-mokia's, and sold him or her to Moene-mokia for 

 thirty spears and some knives ; when asked about this 

 captive, he said, "She died:" it was simply theft, but he 

 does not consider himself bad. 



2nd November, 1870. — The plain without trees that flanks 

 the Lualaba on the right bank, called Mbuga, is densely 



