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CROSSING THE LEEBa 
the country to another show that the great chiefs possess 
only a limited power. The only peculiarity we observed in 
these people is the habit of plaiting the beard into a three- 
fold cord. 
The town of the Balonda chief Cazembe was pointed 
out to us as lying to the N.E. and by E. from the town oi 
Shinte, and great numbers of people in this quarter have 
gone thither for the purpose of purchasing copper anklets, 
made at Cazembe’s, and report the distance to be about fivs 
days’ journey. 
It took us about four hours to cross the Leeba, which is 
zonsidorably smaller here than where we left it, — indeed, 
only about a hundred yards wide. It has the same dark 
mossy hue. The villagers lent us canoes to effect our pass- 
age ; and, having gone to a village about two miles beyond 
the river, I had the satisfaction of getting observations for 
both longitude and latitude, — for the former, the distance 
between Saturn and the moon, and for tho latter, a meridian 
altitude of Canopus. Long. 22° 57' E., lat. 12° 6' 6" S. 
Here we were surprised to hoar English cotton cloth 
much more eagerly inquired after than beads and orna- 
ments. They are more in need of clothing than the Be- 
ck uan a tribes living adjacent to tho Kalahari Desert, who 
have plenty of skins for the purpose. Animals of all kinds 
are rare here, and a very .mall piece of calico is of great 
value. 
As the people on the banks of the Leeba were the last 
of Shinte’s tribe over which Intemese had power, he was 
naturally anxious to remain as long as possible. He was 
not idle, but made a largo wooden mortar and pestle f° r 
his wife during our journey. He also carved many wooden 
spoons and a bowl ; then commenced a basket ; but, as 
what he considered good living was any thing but agreeable 
to us, who had been accustomed to milk and maize, we wont 
forward on the 2d without him. He soon followed, but left 
our pontoon, saying it would be brought by the head-man 
of the village. This was a great loss, as we afterward 
