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arrival of two brethren to help you in the work. May you be a united 
band, and, though as yet a small one, you shall be strong. Give your 
brethren the salutations of an unknown brother, and assure them of 
his prayerful remembrance. 
" I have not been able to discover on any map Garenganze, but 
from information given by some Bihean I place it not far from the 
Lake Bangweolo, a little north-west of Ilala. Am I wrong ? 
"You have had great difficulties with carriers. Such are to be 
expected in starting work so far inland. I can heartily sympathize 
with you, and all the more because we are very much in the same 
position. We are short of supplies, and yet some precious boxes 
have been waiting at Shesheke and Mangwato these last two years 
for want of means of transport. We can travel with the waggons 
only once a year — in winter, when the country is dry ; but even then 
we have to cross for three days, or rather three nights, a region 
infested with the tsetse fly. Our losses in cattle have been so very 
great that it makes our annual communications next to impossible. 
My thoughts turn more and more towards Bihe and Benguella. I 
wish I saw my way clear to undertake that^Journey next year, but it is 
not possible yet to say. 
" Liwanika has gone with a motley multitude, called soldiers, to 
make a raid in Mashukulumbe*land. It was a great grief to us. I 
think he would have yielded to better advice, but he was pushed 
to it by a large majority led by his own Likomboa. He has taken 
with him Libica and all the boys of the school. We try to begin 
anew, and, if possible, on a better foundation, but it is most difficult, 
as the school is considered Libica's own, and all the children who 
may attend it his slaves. 
"The king sent messengers with very sad news from Shesheke. 
Morantsiane, with Latira (the would-be king created by Mataka), who 
have been wandering and fleeing from place to place for these two 
years, fell unexpectedly upon the village of Shesheke, and killed 
Tahalima and Ratau. We do not know how many more were 
killed ; but this is sad enough. The nation, and Shesheke especially, 
could ill spare such men as these two, Barotse and murderers though 
they were. The king has turned aside to pursue the rebels ; but they 
are reported to have crossed the river. Will the king, with these 
difficulties, and the rumours afloat of another revolution, still persist 
in his iniquitous errand ? I do not know. For Liwanika personally 
I have a very great affection ; but as a ruler he is sadly wanting in 
decision, wisdom, and firmness. 
"We are settled, as you are already aware, I think, on a sandy 
hill near the Sefula river, about seventeen miles from Lealui. The 
distance is great, and I deplore it ; but then this place was the only 
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