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and of course I must do the same to them. It is colder 

 here than at Nyangwe. Kasongo is off guiding an ivory or 

 slaving party, and doing what business he can on his own 

 account ; he has four guns, and will be the first to maraud 

 on his own account. 



30^ July. — They send thirty tusks to Ujiji, and seven- 

 teen Manyuema volunteers to carry thither and back : these- 

 are the very first who in modern times have ventured fifty 

 miles from the place of their birth. I came only three 

 miles to a ridge overlooking the River Shokoye, and slept 

 at village on a hill beyond it. 



31st July. — Passed through the defile between Mount 

 Kimazi and Mount Kijila. Below the cave with stalac- 

 tite pillar in its door a fine echo answers those who feel 

 inclined to shout to it. Come to Mangala's numerous 

 villages, and two slaves being ill, rest on Wednesday. 



1st August, 1871. — A large market assembles close to us. 



2nd August. — Left Mangala's, and came through a great 

 many villages all deserted on our approach on account of 

 the vengeance taken by Dugumbe's party for the murder 

 of some of their people. Kasongo's men appeared eager 

 to plunder their own countrymen: I had to scold and 

 threaten them, and set men to watch their deeds. Plan- 

 tains are here very abundant, good, and cheap. Came to 

 Kittette, and lodge in a village of Loembo. About thirty 

 foundries were passed ; they are very high in the roof, and 

 thatched with leaves, from Avhich the sparks roll off as sand 

 would. Rain runs off equally well. 



3rd August. — Three slaves escaped, and not to abandon 

 ivory we wait a day, Kasongo came up and filled their 

 places. 



I have often observed effigies of men made of wood in 

 Manyuema ; some of clay are simply cones with a small 

 hole in the top ; on asking about them here, I for the 

 first time obtained reliable information. They are called 



