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the chief made intelligent remarks. After three weeks' stay, and a 
difficulty with him about a blanket which could not be spared, Living- 
stone moved on towards Lake Tanganyika. 
(2) As it is not our purpose to follow out Livingstone's travels, 
except in the vicinity of Bangweolo, we pass on till, in November of 
the same year, 1867, we find him at Kasembe, near Lake Moero. 
This is one of the few places with a constant name, which means 
"General," and the chiefs claiming that title used to possess wide 
authority. Owing, however, to the excessive carrying out of what is 
rather a common and very cruel custom — cutting off the ears and 
hands of high and low among his followers — this Kasembe was 
forsaken by many of his people, and was thus poor, and his power 
diminished. Here Livingstone met a native named Perembe, whose 
age he calculated to be 102, from the account he could give of the 
Portuguese traveller Pereira, who visited Kasembe in 1796. Perembe 
gave a list of ten successive Kasembes. Several times Livingstone 
mentions the country, which is familiar to us as Msidi's, though the 
spelling is a little different. " The Garaganze people at Katanga 
killed a near relative of Kasembe's ; " "A Banyamwezi or Garaganze 
man is settled here on the strong rivulet called Mato." 
After having been foiled in a journey in another direction and 
obliged to return to Kasembe, Livingstone determined to proceed to 
Bangweolo, and left for this purpose in June, 1868. He often refers to 
the slave trade, and mentions his surprise at meeting six slaves 
singing, as if they did not feel the weight and degradation of the 
heavy forked slave-sticks in which their necks were enclosed ; and, on 
enquiry, their words told of some idea of a future state and of a 
retribution — " Oh, you sent me off to Manga (sea coast), but the yoke 
is off when I die, and back I shall come to haunt and kill you ! " 
On the way to Bangweolo a good deal of warfare was going on, but 
Livingstone safely reached the north-west shore on the i8th July, 
1868 ; and here he again speaks of showing his Bible and telling the 
people a little of its contents. He found a good many Babisa there, 
and one of them was walking on stilts. The headman, Masantu, 
said he had " never prayed to the Great Father of all ; " that the 
footsteps of " Mungu " or " Molungu " (God) could be seen on 
Lifunge Island (on the lake) ; that a large footstep, about 15 inches 
long, was also to be seen on the rock at the Chambeze. 
The country around the lake is all flat, as are the islands, which are 
four in number. The people are called Mboghwa ; they had many 
canoes, and were expert fishermen. The islands had many inhabitants, 
and children were numerous. On account of the strong south-east 
winds he could not visit the islands till the 25th July, when he went in 
a canoe 45 feet long, 4 feet deep, and 4 feet broad, propelled by five 
men. Though paid for four days, the canoe men would only stay two, 
and took him to two islands (Lifunge and Mpabala), whence he could 
