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the rest a herald, that I might enter his villages in what 

 is considered a dignified manner. This it was supposed 

 would be effected by the herald shouting out at the top 

 of his voice, " Here comes the lord ; the great lion ; " 

 the latter phrase being " tau e tona," which in his im- 

 perfect way of pronunciation became " sau e tona," and 

 so like " the great sow," that I could not receive the honour 

 with becoming gravity, and had to entreat him, much to 

 the annoyance of my party, to be silent. 



In our ascent we visited a number of Makololo villages, 

 and were always received with a hearty welcome, as mes- 

 sengers to them of peace — which they term " sleep." 

 They behave well in public meetings, even on the first 

 occasion of attendance, probably from the habit of com- 

 manding the Makalaka, crowds of whom swarm in every 

 village, and whom the Makololo women seem to consider 

 as especially under their charge. 



The river presents the same appearance of low banks 

 without trees as we have remarked it had after we came 

 to i6° i6', until we arrived at Libonta (14 59' S. lat.). 

 Twenty miles beyond that, we find forest down to the 

 water's edge, and tsetse. Here I might have turned back, 

 as no locality can be inhabited by Europeans where that 

 scourge exists ; but hearing that we were not far from 

 the confluence of the river of Londa, or Lunda, named 

 Leeba, or Loiba, and the chiefs of that country being 

 reported to be friendly to strangers, and therefore likely 

 to be of use to me on my return from the west coast, I 

 still pushed on to latitude 14 11' 3" S. There the Leeam- 

 bye assumes the name Kabompo, and seems to be coming 

 from the east. It is a fine large river, about three 

 hundred yards wide, and the Leeba two hundred and 

 fifty. The Loeti, a branch of which is called Langebongo, 

 comes from W.N.W., through a level grassy plain named 

 Mango ; it is about one hundred yards wide, and enters 

 the Leeambye from the west ; the waters of the Loeti 

 are of a light colour, and those of the Leeba of a dark 

 mossy hue. After the Loeti joins the Leeambye the 

 different- coloured waters flow side by side for some distance 

 unmixed. 



Before reaching the Loeti we came to a number of 

 people from the Lobale region, hunting hippopotami. 

 They fled precipitately as soon as they saw the Makololo, 

 leaving their canoes and all their utensils and clothing. 



