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who found one fallen into a pitfall and dead ; lie ate it, 

 and brought one of his own in lieu of it. I gave him 

 ten strings of beads, and he presented a fowl in token of 

 goodwill. 



18th February. — Went on to a village on the Lulwa, and 

 on the 19th reached Moenenigoi, who dissuaded me so 

 earnestly against going to Moenekurumbo for the cause of 

 Molembalemba that I agreed not to venture. 



20th February. — To the ford with only one canoe now, as 

 two men of Katomba were swept away in the other, and 

 drowned. They would not sell the remaining canoe, so I 

 go N.W. on foot to Moene Lualaba, where fine large canoes 

 are abundant. The grass and mud are grievous, but my 

 men lift me over the waters. 



21st February. — Arrived at Monandewa's village, situated 

 on a high ridge between two deep and difficult gullies. 

 These people are obliging and kind : the chief's wife made 

 a fire for me in the evening unbidden. 



22nd February. — On N.W. to a high hill called Chibande 

 a Yunde', with a spring of white water at the village on 

 the top. Famine from some unknown cause here, but the 

 people are cultivating now on the plain below with a 

 will. 



23rd February.— On to two large villages |with many 

 banana plants around, but the men said they~were in fear 

 of the traders, and shifted their villages to avoid them : 

 we then went on to the village Kahombogola, with a feeble 

 old man as chief. The country is beautiful and undu- 

 lating : light-green grass covers it all, save at ^the brooks, 

 where the eye is relieved by the dark-green lines of trees. 

 Grass tears the hands and wets the extremities constantly. 

 The soil is formed of the debris of granitic rocks ; rough 

 and stony, but everywhere fertile. One can rarely get a 

 bare spot to sit down and rest. 



2-ith February. — To a village near Lolande Eiver. Then 



