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signs of the antelope. The men looked at one another, not a word was 

 spoken ; but all immediately, and with one consent, fled to the camp, 

 packed their bundles, and set off for the nearest village, in spite of rain 

 and the moonless night that was just upon them. All believed that they 

 had been met by a former chief come back to the world again, with power 

 to change himself into a hyaena or antelope, and that had they slept there 

 that night they would have been dead men in the morning. 



38. Page 177, /. 23.— The Loeti of Livingstone is known as the Lunge- 

 bungo river, and rises in the Chibokwe country, at an interesting spot 

 where, within a distance of four miles, water is seen flowing west to the 

 Kuanza river, north to the Congo, and east to the Zambesi. 



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39. Page 195, /. 38. — Like children's toys these idols have their interest 

 for ethnologists. Mr. Crawford, a missionary in Lubaland, has taken a 

 photograph of one which is a good example of the general run of forest 

 idols that Dr. Livingstone met with in the Lunda country. This, which 

 might be described as a lion-faced sphinx, falls into line with Dr. Living- 

 stone's remarks on page 133 as to the Africans' connection with ancient 

 Egypt. 



40. Page 206, /. 29. — The great Lunda empire, that at one time 

 extended from the Luapula to the Zambesi, had begun to dry up in 

 Livingstone's day, and shortly after Shinte came under tribute to the 

 Barotse ; but in 1887 the Lubale chief Kaiigombe took advantage of 

 troubles in the Barotse to raid Shinte and to practically destroy his 

 country ; many Balunda were carried off into slavery. One day, when 

 travelling, I overtook the Lubale army with gangs of Shinte's people all 

 tied together — a pitiable sight. 



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41. Page 207, /. 33. — During the years 1895-96-97 a dreadful plague 

 of locusts swept over the whole of Central Africa, and had it not been for 

 the often despised Manioc root, the death-rate from starvation must have 

 been very heavy. As soon as the natives found that the locust did not 

 touch the Manioc plant, they cultivated larger quantities of it. The plant 

 would be still more valuable to Africa were South American methods 

 of cultivating and preparing the root introduced. 



42. Page 208, /. 22. — Muate-Yamvo, however, had several Kazembes 

 or generals. The full name is " KAZEMBE ka suma vantu," which 

 means the stinging bush-fly that bites people. The Portuguese travellers, 

 Pereira and Lacerda, visited the Kazembe of the eastern bank of the 

 Lztapula river, whose descendants still reign as independent monarchs. 

 The town, the direction of which was pointed out to Livingstone, was 



