24S LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. X. 



11th November. — Over gently undulating country, with 

 many old gardens and watch-houses, some of great height,, 

 we reached the Eiver Kalambo, which I know as falling 

 into Tanganyika. A branch joins it at the village of Mosa- 

 pasi ; it is deep, and has to be crossed by a bridge, whilst 

 the Kalambo is shallow, and say twenty yards wide, but it 

 spreads out a good deal. 



[Their journey of the 12th and lZth led them over low 

 ranges of sandstone and haematite, and past several strongly 

 stockaded villages. The weather was cloudy and showery — 

 a relief, no doubt, after the burning heat of the last few 

 weeks. They struck the Halocheche Eiver, a rapid stream 

 fifteen yards wide and thigh deep, on its way to the Lake,, 

 and arrived at Zombe's town, which is built in such a 

 manner that the river runs through it, whilst a stiff palisade 

 surrounds it. He says : — ] 



It was entirely surrounded by M'toka's camp, and a con- 

 stant fight maintained at the point where the line of stakes 

 was weakened by the river running through. He killed four 

 of the enemy, and then Chitimbwa and Kasonso coming to 

 help him, the siege was raised. 



M'toka compelled some Malongwana to join him, and 

 plundered many villages ; he has been a great scourge. He 

 also seems to have made an attack upon an Arab caravan, 

 plundering it of six bales of cloth and one load of beads, 

 telling them that if they wanted to get their things back 

 they must come and help him conquer Zombe. The siege 

 lasted three months, till the two brothers of Zombe, before- 

 mentioned, came, and then a complete rout ensued. M'toka 

 left nearly all his guns behind him ; his allies, the Malong- 

 wana, had previously made their escape. It is two months- 

 since this rout, so we have been prevented by a kind Provi- 

 dence from coming soon enough. He was impudent and 



