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and beyond these the country of the Bakissinga. He also described 
the Luapula as running south and then turning north, but told Giraud 
that if he went by that river he would soon meet his death in the 
cataracts ; or if he went by land, through the country of the Baoussi, 
east of the Luapula, he would be massacred. This did not give him 
much encouragement as to reaching Kasembe and meeting his men 
again. Thinking that the natives of Kisi were meditating mischief, he 
embarked in his boat, saying he would proceed to another part of the 
island to see the chief, and left one of his men as a hostage. This, 
however, was only a device, and the man soon escaped and joined 
the boat. 
Encamping for the night on the point of Bawara, he again sailed 
back to Kawende. The natives advised him not to follow the Luapula, 
and offered to guide him through the surrounding marshes. The 
villages he met with were very small ; the first one, called Kapata^ 
consisted of ten huts and thirty people. The next, Kisamba, still 
smaller, stood on a dry rock. Beyond these he could not get a guide ; 
but set out for Smga, a place notable for having a very large tree, the 
only one in the district. He only reached this place after seven days 
struggling through reeds and rushes. Game and fish, however, were 
most abundant, and he and his men were well supplied with food. 
This village also was very small ; the natives had many dogs, which 
they employed in hunting. Still keeping near the Luapula, he 
reached Rosako. The chief there told him that in three days he would 
arrive at the cataracts of Mombottouta, where his boat would be 
smashed. He added that the chiefs of Ilala and Bisa, to the south, 
were not evil men, but warned him against the Baoussi and the chief 
Mirambo, also called Mere-mere. Rosako informed him that two 
days' march to the south-east was Chitambo's ; and that after the 
great man (Livingstone) died there, his body was borne this way, but 
Rosako did not happen to be in the place at the time. 
Giraud describes the Luapula as from 140 to 330 yards wide here, 
with a swift and majestic current, winding between wooded hills. On 
the banks were large trees, and occasionally grassy stretches with 
herds of antelopes. On the 31st July he came upon an island in 
the middle of the river covered with giant trees. Some fishermen 
had encamped there, but fled on his appearing. One of them was 
brought back, and, in return for a quantity of beads, informed 
him that Mombottouta was but an hour distant, and that the Baoussi 
were waiting for him there. Going on in his boat he began to enter 
the rapids, and soon heard in the distance the dull roar of cataracts. 
On the right bank were numbers of armed Baoussi, and he was 
obliged to approach them to avoid death in the cataracts. They 
charged him with killing the inhabitants of Kisi, and said that he was 
^oing to their enemy Msidi, who dwelt on the other side of the 
Luapula. One of the natives levelled a musket at him, but it was 
