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and were always received with a hearty welcome, as mes- 
senders to them of peace, which they term “sleep.” They 
behave well in public meetings, even on tho first occasion 
of attendance, probably from tho habit of commanding the 
Makalaka, crowds of whom swarm in every village, and 
whom tho Makololo women seem to consider as especially 
under their charge. 
Tho river presents tho same appearance of low banks 
without trees us we have remarked it had after we came 
to 16° 16', until wo arrive at Libonta, (14° 59' S. lat.) 
Twenty miles beyond that, wo find forests down to the 
water’s edge, and tsetse. Hero I might have turned back, 
as no locality can bo inhabited by Europeans where that 
scourge exists; but, hearing that wo woro not far front 
the confluence of tho river of L5nda or Lunda, named Leeba 
or Loiba, and tho chiefs of that country being reported to 
bo friendly to strangors, and therefore likely to b.o of ase 
to me on my return from the west coast, I still pushed on 
to latitude 14° 11' 2" S. There tho Looambyo assumes tho 
name Kabompo, and seems to bo coming from the oast. It 
is a fino largo river, about three hundred yards wide, and 
tho Leeba two hundred and fifty. Tho Loeti, a branch of 
which is called Langebongo, comes from W.N.W., through 
a level grassy plain named Mango; it is about one hundred 
yards wide, and enters tho Leeambye from tho west ; tho 
waters of tho Loeti are of a light color, and those of the 
Leeba of a dark mossy hue. After tho Loeti joins the 
Leeambye, the different-colored waters flow side by side for 
some distance unmixod. 
Before reaching tho Loeti, wo came to a number of poople 
from the Lobalo region, hunting hippopotami. They fled 
precipitately as soon as they saw tho Makololo, leaving 
their canoes and all their utensils and clothing. My own 
Makalaka, who wero accustomed to plunder wherever they 
wont, rushed after them like furies, totally regardless of 
my shouting. As this proceeding would have destroyed 
<ny character entirely at Lobalo, I took my stand on a 
