LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY ON LAKE TANGANIKA. 143 
of fever which, in these regions, invariably follow wet 
feet and wet clothes. 
At Nyabigma we prepared, by distributing ten rounds 
of ammunition to each of our men, for a tussle with the 
Warundi of two stages ahead, should they invite it by a 
too forward exhibition of their prejudice to strangers. 
At dawn of the fifth day we quitted the haven of 
Nyabigma Island, and in less than an hour had arrived 
off Cape Kitunda. This cape is a low platform of con- 
glomerate sandstone, extending for about eight miles 
from the base of the great mountain curve which gives 
birth to the Luaba and its sister streams. Crossing the 
deep bay, at the head of which is the delta of the Luaba, 
we came to Cape Kasofu. Villages are numerous in this 
vicinity. From hence we obtained a view of a series of 
points or capes, Ivigongo, Katunga, and Buguluka, all of 
which we passed before coming to a halt at the pretty 
position of Mukungu. 
At Mukungu, wdiere we stopped on the fifth day, we 
were asked for honga, or tribute. The cloth and beads 
upon which we subsisted during our lake voyage were 
mine, but the Doctor, being the elder of the two, more 
experienced, and the “ big man ” of the party, had the 
charge of satisfying all such demands. Many and many 
a time had I gone through the tedious and soul-wearying 
task of settling the honga, and I was quite curious to 
see how the great traveller would perform the work. 
The Mateko (a man inferior to a Mutware) of Mukungu 
asked for two and a half doti. This was the extent of 
the demand, which he made known to us a little after 
dark. The Doctor asked if nothing had been brought 
to us. He was answered, “No, it w T as too late to get 
anything now ; but, if we paid the honga, the Mateko 
would be ready to give us something when we came 
back.” Livingstone, upon hearing this, smiled, and the 
Mateko being then and there in front of him, he said to 
him, “ Well, if you can’t get us anything now, and 
intend to give something when we return, we had better 
keep the honga until then.” The Mateko was rather 
taken aback at this, and demurred to any such proposi- 
