1871.] LUAPANYA IS KILLED. 107 



yet south of Mamohela ; this great river, in fact, makes a 

 second great sweep to the west of some 130 miles, and there 

 are at least 30' of southing; but now it comes rolling 

 majestically to the north, and again makes even easting. 

 It is a mighty stream, with many islands in it, and is never 

 wadeable at any point or at any time of the year. 



10th March. — Mohamad's people are said to have gone to 

 Luapanya, a powerful chief, who told them they were to buy 

 all their ivory from him : he had not enough, and they 

 wanted to go on to a people who have ivory door-posts ; 

 but he said, " You shall go neither forward nor backwards, 

 but remain here," and he then called an immense body of 

 archers, and said, " You must fight these." The conse- 

 quence was they killed Luapanya and many of his people, 

 called Bahika, then crossed a very large river, the Morom- 

 bya or Morombwe, and again the Pembo Eiver, but don't 

 seem to have gone very far north. I wished to go from 

 this in canoes, but Kasonga has none, so I must tramp for 

 five or six days to Moene Lualaba to buy one, if I have 

 credit with Abed. 



11th March. — I had a long, fierce oration from Amur, in 

 which I was told again and again that I should be killed and 

 eaten — the people wanted a " white one " to eat ! I needed 

 200 guns; and "must not go to die." I told him that I was 

 thankful for advice, if given by one who had knowledge, 

 but his vehement threats were dreams of one who had never 

 gone anywhere, but sent his slaves to kill people. He was 

 only frightening my people, and doing me an injury. I told 

 him that Baker had only twelve people, and came near 

 to this: to this he replied "Were the people cannibals?" 

 &c. &C. 



I left this noisy demagogue, after saying I thanked him 

 for his warnings, but saw he knew not what he was saying. 

 The traders from Ujiji are simply marauders, and their 

 people worse than themselves, they thirst for blood more 



