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CHAPTER XVIII. 
DR. LIVINGSTONE ADVANCES TO THE NORTHWEST — VISITS 
KATENDE AND 10NGA PANZA. 
24 th of February . — On reaching unflooded lands beyond 
the plain, we found tho villages there acknowledged the 
authority of the chief named Katendo, and we discovered 
also, to our surprise, that the almost level plain wo had 
passed forms the watershed between the southern and 
northern rivers, for we had now entered a district in 
which the rivers flowed in a northerly direction into tho 
Kasai or Loke, near to which we now were, while the 
rivers we had hitherto crossed wore all running southward. 
Having met with kind treatment and aid at the first vil- 
lage, Katema’s guides returned, and we were led to the 
N.N.W. by the inhabitants, and descended into the very 
first really-deep valley we had seen since leaving Kolo- 
bong. A stream ran along the bottom of a slope of three 
or four hundred yards from the plains abovo. 
We crossed this by a rustic bridge at present submerged 
thigh deep by the rains. The trees growing along the 
stream of this lovely valley were thickly planted and very 
high. Many had sixty or eighty feet of clean straight 
trunk, and beautiful flowers adorned tho ground beneath 
them. Ascending the opposite side, we came, in two 
hours’ time, to another valley, equally beautiful, and with 
* stream also in its centre. 
Reaching tho village of Kabinje, in tho evening ho sent 
M a present of tobacco, Mutokuane or “ bang,” (Cannabit 
totiva,) and maize, by the man who went forward to an- 
nounce our arrival, and a message expressing satisfaction 
ft t the prospect of having trade with the coast. The 
testing wo were making brought us among people 
*ho are frequently visited by the Hambari as slave-dealer*. 
