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ascertain whether any large river flowed into the lake 
from the west ; to visit Lake Moelo, if there was time, and 
collect information concerning the slave trade in this 
quarter. On the 20th of August, finding a few people 
almost starving, it was learned that food could not be 
found nearer than Lake Pamalombe, where the awa 
chief Kainka was living, or with the Maravi female chief, 
Nyango. The party, therefore, turned northwestward, and 
stbuck the Ribve-ribve, or Rivi-rivi, which rises in the 
Maravi range, and flows into the Shire. The people along 
the Rivi-rivi had defended themselves against the Ajawa, 
and were willing to sell their maize, but they could not be 
persuaded to lead the party to their chieftainess, Nyango. 
A simple gun trap used by us to protect the camp from 
the prowling depredations of the hyena, is shown in the 
foregoing illustration. 
The varieties of costume worn by the various tribes of 
Africa, to be fully illustrated, would require a plate for 
almost every tribe. A fair idea, however, can be gained 
of the general character of the dress they wear b}' the cut 
showing the costume of the Bayeye. Arriving at Chin- 
samba’s two stockades, on the banks of the Lintipe, the 
party learned that the Mazitu had been repulsed the day 
before. Taking Chinsamba’s advice to avoid the Mazitu, 
the party continued their route on the 5th of September to 
the north-east, reaching the lake, and continued their 
march on its shore. On the 10th of September, the party 
arrived at Kota-kota Bay, and, continuing their march, 
found that no large river emptied into the north end of t he 
lake. The dispatch received at the Pioneer having 
ordered the expedition to return, the party now pushed 
back, and reached the ship the 11th of November. From 
Zanzibar to Bombay, Dr. Livingstone himself navigated 
the Lady Nyassa, with a crew chiefly composed of natives, 
though the trip was a very rough one. From Bombay, 
Dr. Livingstone proceeded to England, where he was 
received most enthusiastically. 
