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LAKE DILOLO. 
During our second day on this extonsivo plain I suffered 
from my twenty-seventh attack of fever, at a part where 
no surface-water was to be found. Wo nover thought it 
necessary to carrj -water with us in this region ; and now, 
when I was quite ’liable to move on, my man soon found 
water to allay my burning thirst ny digging with sticks a 
few foot ner.eatn the surface. Wo had thus an opportunity 
of observing tho state of these remarkablo plains at diff er, 
ent seasons of tho year. Next day wo pursued our way, 
and on tho 8th of J uno wo forded the Lotombwa to the 
N.W. of Dilolo, and f-egainod our former path. 
Aftor crossing tho iN orthern Lotcmbwa, wo mot a party 
of tho people of Kangenke, who had treated us kindly on 
our way to tho north, and sent him a robo of striped calico, 
with an explanation of tho reason lor not returning through 
his villago. Wo then wont on to tho Lake Dilolo. It is a 
fine sheet of water, six or eight miles long and one or two 
broad, and somewhat of a triangular shape. A branch 
proceeds from one of tho angles and flows into tho Southorn 
Lotombwa. 
Wo found Moono Dilolo (Lord of tho Lake) a fat, jolly 
follow, who lamented that when they had no strangers 
they had plenty of beer, and always nono when they camo. 
Ho gavo us a handsomo present of meal and putrid buffalo’s 
flesh. Meat cannot be too far gone for them, as it is used 
only in small quantities, as a sauce to their tasteless manioo 
June 14. — Wo reached tho collection of straggling vil- 
lages over which Katema rulos, and wore thankful to see 
old familiar faces again. Shakatwala performed tho part 
of a chief by bringing forth abundant supplies of food in 
nis master’ s name. Ho informed us that Katema, too, was 
out hunting skins for Matiamvo. 
On tho 15th Katema came homo Irom his hunting, having 
hoard of our arrival. Ho desired mo to rest myself and 
eat abundantly, for, being a groat man, I must feel tired, 
and took good caro to give tho moans of doing so. AJ1 the 
people in these parts aro exceedingly kind and liberal with 
