i88s.] From Benguella to Garenganze. 151 
ON HIGH GROUND. 
November 16th. — We passed through a country interesting 
with reference to the water-system of Africa. In the early 
morning we left the Kutia, flowing N.W. towards the Quanza. 
An hour and a half later on we reached the head of the 
Monyangwe, running N.E. to the Kassai, which flows into the 
Congo. Another hour and a half's journey and the head of the 
Elume was reached; this river flows S.E. to the Zambesi. All 
the way we encountered very heavy, drenching rains, and before 
we got into camp everything was more or less wet through. 
17//^. — To-day we travelled but a short distance, and halted to 
open bales and dry our goods wetted with yesterday's rain. 
i2>th. — Marched for eight hours; compelled to press on for 
want of food. 
i<)th. — Late this afternoon we reached a few cultivated fields. 
It was a refreshing sight, telling us that a trying portion of our 
long journey was over. 
PEHO. 
November 20th. — Reached Peho, a place marked on maps with 
a dot and circle round it, causing me to expect something like a 
town. I found, however, nothing but a few grass huts buried in a 
forest of trees. The chief, Sama Kalenge, showed himself to be 
greedy and drunken. He was quite a boy. I gave him thirty 
yards of cloth, and had to add to it a jacket, pair of trousers, 
hat, shoes, and a lot of smaller things. It was a case of give 
and get on, or refuse and starve, for scarce a bit of food could be 
got at any price. Indeed, the fellow made me quite nervous by 
his constant begging, and then demanding. He would pry into 
everything — sit on my chair, take ofl" my hat, feel my skin, let off 
my gun, and would not let me be quiet. When I tried to speak 
to him seriously, he would begin telling me about his three 
mothers and two fathers with an ingenious logic, showing that 
these five sharers of the marvellous were equally worthy of 
presents, which would, of course, fall to him. 
22nd. — In spite of the heavy, overhanging clouds we started 
this morning, glad at the very thought of getting away from 
Peho. We had not gone far, however, when the rain came down 
in one steady pour, and lasted for two hours. We kept steadily 
