DR. LIVINGSTONE'S DIARY. 583 



" ' 26th April. (No entry except the date.) — They proceeded as far as 

 Kalunganjovu's town, the chief himself coming to meet them on the way, 

 dressed in Arab costume and "wearing a red fez. Whilst waiting here Susi 

 was instructed to count over the bags of beads, and, on reporting that twelve 

 still remained in stock, Dr. Livingstone told him to buy two large tusks if an 

 opportunity occurred as he might run short of goods by the time they got to 

 Ujiji, and could then exchange them with the Arabs there for cloth, to spend 

 on their way to Zanzibar. 



" 'To-day, the 27th April, 1873, he seems to have been almost dying. 

 No entry at all was made in his diary after that which follows, and it must 

 have taxed him to the utmost to write : — 



" ' Knocked up quite, and remain — recover — sent to buy milch goals. We are on 

 the banks of the Molilamo. — They are the last words that David Livingstone 

 wrote. From this point we have to trust entirely to the narrative of the 

 men. They explain the above sentence as follows : Salimane, Amisi, 

 Hamsani, and Laede, accompanied by a guide, were sent off to endeavour, 

 if possible, to buy some milch goats on the upper part of the Molilamo. 

 They could not, however, succeed ; it was always the same story, the Mazitu 

 had taken everything. The chief, nevertheless, sent a substantial present of 

 a kid and three baskets of ground nuts, and the people were willing enough 

 to exchange food for beads. Thinking he could eat some Mapira corn pounded 

 up with ground nuts, the Doctor gave instructions to the two women, M'sozi 

 and M'toweka, to prepare it for him, but he was not able to take it when 

 they brought it to him. 



" ' April 28. Men were now despatched in an opposite direction, that is, 

 to visit the villages on the right bank of the Moliamo as it flows to the lake ; 

 unfortunately they met with no better result, and returned empty-handed. 

 On April 29, Kalunganjovu and most of his people came early to the village. 

 The chief wished to assist his guest to the utmost, and stated that as he could 

 not be sure that a sufficient number of canoes would be forthcoming unless he 

 took charge of matters himself, he should accompany the caravan to the cross- 

 ing place, which was about an hour's march from the spot. " Everything 

 should be done for his friend," he said. They were ready to set out. On 

 Susi's going to the hut Dr. Livingstone told him that he was quite unable to 

 walk to the door to reach the kitandi, and he wished the men to break down 

 one side of the little house, as the entrance was too narrow to admit it, and 

 in this manner to bring it to him where he was. This was done, and he was 

 gently placed upon it and borne out of the village. Their course was in the 

 direction of the stream, and they followed it till they came to a reach where 

 the current was uninterrupted by the numerous little islands which stood 

 partly in the river and partly in the flood on the upper waters. Kalunganjovu 

 was seated on a knoll, and actively superintending the embarkation, whilst 



