DOWN THE CONGO TO TEE ATLANTIC. 
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we met with no disturbance, fortunately. At 5 p.m. we 
made for a small village called Kali-Karero, and camped 
there, the natives having retired peacefully. In half an 
hour they returned, and the ceremony of brotherhood 
was entered upon, which insured a peaceful night. The 
inhabitants of Rukura, opposite us, also approached us 
with confidence, and an interchange of small gifts served 
us as a healthy augury for the future. 
On the morning of the 29th, accompanied by a couple 
of natives in a small fishing-canoe, we descended the 
river along the left bank, and, after about four miles, 
WAR DRUMS OF THE TRIBES OF THE UPPER LIVINGSTONE. 
arrived at the confluence of the Kasuku, a dark-water 
stream of a hundred yards’ width at the mouth. Opposite 
the mouth, at the southern end of Kaimba — a long- 
wooded island on the right bank, and a little above the 
confluence — stands the important village of Kisanga- 
Sanga. 
Below Kaimba Island and its neighbour, the Living- 
stone assumes a breadth of 1800 yards. The banks are 
very populous : the villages of the left bank comprise 
the district of Luavala. We thought for some time 
we should be permitted to pass by quietly, but soon 
the great wooden drums, hollowed out of huge trees, 
