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present, and hundreds of natives, all curious to view the 
Mundele. Though somewhat noisy in their greetings, 
we were soon on an amicable footing, especially when 
a young fellow named Lazala began to ask me if I were 
“ Ingiliz, Francees, Dytche, or Portigase. ” Lazala further 
named many seaport towns he had visited, and discharged 
his knowledge of the manners and customs of the whites 
by the sea with a refreshing volubility. The great waves 
along the sea-beach he described in a characteristic 
manner as being “ Mputu, putu-putu, just like the big 
waves of Zinga !” Whereupon a fast and sure friend- 
ship was soon established, which was never broken. 
At 1 p.m., breakfast was despatched to Frank, through 
Majwara, Benni, and Kassim, and men were sent with a 
net-hammock. 
The Zinga kings and most of their people had ascended 
to their homes above, on the plateau ; and in my camp 
there were about fourteen able-bodied men besides the 
sick and women. And about three o’clock I took my 
seat on a high rock above the falls, to watch for Uledi, as 
from the Zinga Point with a field -glass I was enabled to 
view the river across Bolo-bolo basin, both Massassa Falls 
and Massesse Rapids, and nearly up to the Upper Mowa 
Falls. I was not long in my position before I observed 
something long and dark rolling and tumbling about in 
the fierce waves of Massassa. It was a capsized canoe, 
and I detected the forms of several men clinging to it. 
I instantly despatched Kacheche, Wadi Rehani, and 
ten men, with cane-ropes, to take position in the bight 
in Bolo-bolo, near which I knew, by the direction of the 
waves, the current would carry them before sweeping 
them down towards Zinga. Meanwhile I watched the 
wrecked men as they floated through the basin. I saw 
them struggling to right the canoe. I saw them lift 
themselves on the keel, and paddling for dear life towards 
shore, to avoid the terrible cataract of Zinga. Finally, 
as they approached the land, I saw them leap from the 
wreck into the river, and swim ashore, and presently the 
unfortunate Jason, which they had but a moment before 
abandoned, swept by me with the speed of an arrow, and 
