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donkey, but lie had only gone a short distance when 

 he fell to the ground utterly exhausted and faint. 

 Susi immediately undid his belt and pistol, and picked 

 up his cap which had dropped off, while Chumah threw 

 down his gun and ran to stop the men on ahead. When 

 he got back the Doctor said, "Chumah, I have lost so 

 much blood, there is no more strength left in my legs : 

 you must carry me." He was then assisted gently to 

 his shoulders, and, holding the man's head to steady 

 himself, was borne back to the village and placed in 

 the hut he had so recently left. It was necessary to 

 let the Chief Muanazawamba know what had happened, 

 and for this purpose Dr. Livingstone despatched a mes- 

 senger. He was directed to ask him to supply a guide for 

 the next day, as he trusted then to have recovered so far as 

 to be able to march : the answer was, " Stay as long as you 

 wish, and when you want guides to Kalunganjovu's you 

 shall have them."] 



22nd April. — Carried on kitanda over Euga S.W. 2£* 



[His servants say that instead of rallying, they saw that 

 his strength was becoming less and less, and in order to 

 carry him they made a kitanda of wood, consisting of two 

 side pieces of seven feet in length, crossed with rails three 

 feet long, and about four inches apart, the whole lashed 

 strongly together. This framework was covered with grass, 

 and a blanket laid on it. Slung from a pole, and borne 

 between two strong men, it made a tolerable palanquin, and 

 on this the exhausted traveller was conveyed to the next 

 village through a flooded grass plain. To render the kit- 

 anda more comfortable another blanket was suspended across 

 the pole, so as to hang down on either side, and allow the 

 air to pass under whilst the sun's rays were fended off from 



Two hours and a quarter in a south-westerly direction. 



