180 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. VII. 



20th April. — Opened it on 20th, and found nine 'New 

 York Heralds ' of December 1 — 9, 1871, and one letter for 

 Mr. Stanley, which I shall forward, and one stick of tobacco. 



21st April. — Tarred the tent presented by Mr. Stanley. 



23rd April. — Visited Kwikuru, and saw the chief of all 

 the Banyaruwezi (around whose Boma it is), about sixty 

 years old, and partially paralytic. He told rne that he had 

 gone as far as Katanga by the same Fipa route I now 

 propose to take, when a little boy following his father, who 

 was a great trader. 



The name Banyarnwezi arose from an ivory ornament of 

 the shape of the new moon hung to the neck, with a horn 

 reaching round over either shoulder. They believe that they 

 came from the sea-coast, Mombas (?) of old, and when people 

 inquired for them they said, " We mean the men of the moon 

 ornament." It is very popular even now, and a large 

 amount of ivory is cut down in its manufacture ; some are 

 made of the curved tusks of hippopotami. The Banyarnwezi 

 have turned out good porters, and they do most of the 

 carrying work of the trade to and from the East Coast ; they 

 are strong and trustworthy. One I saw carried six frasilahs, 

 or 200 lbs., of ivory from Unyanyembe to the sea-coast. 



The prefix " Nya " in Nyamwezi seems to mean place 

 or locality, as Mya does on the Zambesi. If the name 

 referred to the " moon ornament," as the people believe, the 

 name would be Ba or Wamwezi, but Banyarnwezi means 

 probably the Ba — they or people — Nya, place — Mwezi, 

 moon, people of the moon locality or moon-land. 



Unyanyembe, place of hoes. 



Unyambewa. 



Unyangoma, place of drums. 



Nyangurue, place of pigs. 



Nvangkondo. 



Nyarukwe. 



It must be a sore affliction to be bereft of one's reason, and 



