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lost his balance, and was carried down some distance by the 
current, but succeeded in saving himself by laying hcJd of the 
overhanging branch of a tree. 
A Narrow Escape. 
THE DESERTED COUNTRY AVOIDED. 
Nana Kandundu, April 12th. — Have had a good journey thus 
far. Remembering how we suffered from want of food in going 
to the Garenganze, across the deserted country, I took a different 
route, coming more south, where food was plentiful. For several 
days we travelled along the Zambesi — quite a large river, though 
near its source. Here I found that the powerful chieftainess 
had gone off to fight with Kangombe, a Lovale chief, who has 
been raiding down the Zambesi with quite a large army. Her 
ladyship of this place objected, and has gone to defend her 
subjects. 
NANA KANDUNDU AT WAR WITH KANGOMBE. 
April iT^th. — The contending forces, we hear, have met twelve 
miles or so from this place. All are much alarmed by the 
many conflicting reports and the sound of distant firing j armed 
