LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY ON LAKE TANGANIKA. 165 
ganika, we steered south along the western shore of the 
lake for half an hour longer to Kavimba, where we 
halted to cook breakfast. 
The village where lived Mruta, the King of Uvira, 
was in sight of our encampment, and as we observed 
parties of men ascending and descending the mountains 
much more often than we thought augured good to our- 
selves, we determined to continue on our course south. 
Besides, there was a party of disconsolate-looking Wajiji 
LION IN THE GRASS. 
here, who had been plundered only a few days before 
our arrival, for attempting, as the Wavira believed, to 
evade the honga payment. Such facts as these, and 
our knowledge of the general state of insecurity in the 
country, resulting from the many wars in which the 
districts of the Tanganika were engaged, determined us 
not to halt at Kavimba. 
We embarked quickly in our boat before the Wavira 
had collected themselves, and headed south against a 
