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always mado a furrow round each booth, and used the earth 
to raise our Bleeping-places. My men turned out to work 
in the wet most willingly: indeed, they always did. 1 
could not but contrast their conduct with that of Internes®. 
He was thoroughly imbued with the slave-spirit, and liod 
on all occasions without compunction. Untruthfulness is 
a sort of refuge for the weak and oppressed. We expected 
to move on the 4th, but he declared that we were so near 
Katema’s, if we did not send forward to apprize that chief 
of our approach, he would certainly impose a fine. It 
rained the wliolo day, so wo were reconciled to the delay; 
but on Sunday, the 5th, ho let us know that we were still 
two days distant from Katema. We unfortunately could 
not manage without him, for the country was so deluged 
we should havo been brought to a halt, before wo went 
many miles, by some deep valley, every one of which was 
full of water. Intemeso continued to plait his basket with 
all his might, and would not come to our religious service. 
He seemed to bo afraid of our incantations, but was always 
merry and jocular. 
6th . — Soon after starting, we crossed a branch of the Loka- 
lueje by means of a canoe, and in the afternoon passed over 
tho main stream by a like conveyance. The former, as is 
the case with all branches of rivers in this country, i* 
called nuana Kaluejo, (child of the Kaluoje.) Hippopotami 
exist in the Lokaluejo, so it may be inferred to be peren- 
nial, as tho inhabitants asserted. We cannot judge of the 
size of the stream from what wo now saw. It had aboul 
forty yards of deep, fast-flowing water, but probably not 
more than half that amount in tho dry season. Beside* 
these, we crossed numerous feeders in our N.N.W. course, 
and, there being no canoes, got fVequently wet in the course 
of the day. The oxen in some places had their heads only 
above water, and the stream, flowing over their backs, 
wetted our blankets, which we used as saddles. The arm- 
pit was tho only safo spot for carrying the watch, for there 
H was preserved from rains above and waters below The 
