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runs into the Zambesi below the Cariba rapids. I demon¬ 
strated that in 15 days I could reach the village of Caineo. 
situated upon an island in the Loengue, and that I could 
descend that river in a boat down to the Zambesi, and by 
the latter stream to the Zumbo. I asserted that the 
Loengue was without cataracts, and that the Zambesi, 
from Cariba to the Zumbo, was perfectly navigable. The 
audience were astonished at my erudition, and Gambella, 
who knew more of African geography than many minis¬ 
ters of European States, was aware that what I said was 
true, and did not attempt to refute it. After a length¬ 
ened and heated discussion, it was resolved to send the 
deputation to Benguella, and to allow me sufficient people 
to cross the Chuculumbe to Caineo, leaving three or four 
strong posts on the road to secure the passage, on their 
return, of those who should accompany me to the Zumbo. 
When the meeting broke up there was great enthusiasm, 
and the chiefs who were to proceed to Benguella, and 
those who were to attend me, were selected on the spot. 
I returned to the house with such an accession of fever 
that I lost my senses, but recovered somewhat by six 
next mor nin g. 
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In the evening of that day a visitor was announced in 
the person of Manutumueno, a son of King Chipopa, the 
first monarch of the Luina dynasty. I ordered him to 
be shown in, and beheld a youth of some 16 or 17 years, 
with a handsome figure and sympathetic face. He wore 
a pair of black trousers and the uniform of an ensign in 
the Portuguese light cavalry, in excellent condition. The 
sight of the uniform made a deep impression on me. To 
whom had it belonged ? How had it found its way into 
the centre of Africa ? Perhaps some unfortunate widow 
had bartered the clothes once worn by a beloved husband, 
for the means of procuring food to stay her hunger. 
Moved by curiosity, and to put an end to further con¬ 
jecture, I questioned Manutumueno as to how he had 
come by the uniform; to which he replied that it was a 
present of a Bilieno trader, made him some time previ¬ 
ously. I then inquired if he had met with nothing in 
the pockets. He answered that there were none. “ None! ” 
