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days' rest, and was most anxious that no mishap should by 

 any chance occur to their principal charge. He warned 

 them to beware of hyrenas, at night more especially, as the 

 quarter in which they had camped had no stockade round 

 it as yet. 



Marching was now much easier, and the men quickly 

 found they had crossed the watershed. The Lovu ran in 

 front of them on its way to Tanganyika. The Kalongwese, 

 we have seen, flows to Lake Moero in the opposite direction. 

 ILore to their purpose it was perhaps to find the terror of 

 Kumbakumba dying away as they travelled in a north- 

 easterly direction, and came amongst the Mwambi. As yet 

 no invasion had taken place. A young chief, Chungu, did 

 all he could for them, for when the Doctor explored these 

 regions before, Chungu had been much impressed with him : 

 and now, throwing off all the native superstition, he looked 

 on the arrival of the dead body as a cause of real sorrow. 



Asoumani had some luck in hunting, and a fine buffalo 

 was killed near the town. According to native game laws 

 (which in some respects are exceedingly strict in Africa), 

 Chungu had a right to a fore leg — had it been an elephant 

 the tusk next the ground would have been his, past all 

 doubt — in this instance, however, the men sent in a plea 

 that theirs was no ordinary case, and that hunger had laws 

 of its own ; they begged to be allowed to keep the whole 

 carcase, and Chungu not only listened to their story, but 

 willingly waived his claim to the chief's share. 



It is to be hoped that these sons of Tafuna, the head and 

 father of the Amambwi a lungu, may hold their own. They 

 seem a superior race, and this man is described as a worthy 

 leader. His brothers Kasonso, Chitimbwa, Sombe, and their 

 sister Mombo, are all notorious for their reverence for 

 Tafuna. In their villages an abundance of coloured home- 

 spun cloth speaks for their industry ; whilst from the num- 

 bers of dogs and elephant-spears no further testimony is 



