Chap. XXIX. 
GROSSING THE LOANGWA. 
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inscriptions on stone, and the people could not tell what the 
Bazunga called their place. We found afterwards it was Zumbo. 
I felt some turmoil of spuit in the evening, at the prospect of 
having aU my efforts for the welfare of this great region and its 
teeming population, knocked on the head by savages to-morrow, 
who might be said to “ Imow not what they do.” It seemed such 
a pity that the important fact of the existence of the two healthy 
ridges which I had discovered, should not become known in 
Christendom,* for a confirmation would thereby have been given to 
the idea that Africa is not open to the Gospel. But I read that 
Jesus said, AU power is given unto me in heaven and on earth: 
go ye, therefore, and teach aU nations.and lo, I am with 
you alway^ even unto the end of the worlds I took this as His 
word of honour, and then went out to take observations for lati¬ 
tude and longitude, which, I think, were very successful. (The 
church: lat. 15° 37' 22” S., long. 30° 32' E.) 
Ibth. The natives of the surrounding country coUected around 
us this morning, aU armed. The women and cliildren were sent 
away, and one of Mburuma’s wives, who fives in the vicinity, was 
not allowed to approach, though she had come from her village to 
pay me a visit. Only one canoe was lent to us, though we saw 
two others tied to the bank. The part we crossed was about a 
mile from the confluence, and, as it was now flooded, it seemed 
upwards of half a mile in breadth. We passed aU our goods first 
on to an island in the middle, then the remaining cattle and men; 
occupying the post of honour, I, as usual, was the last to enter 
the canoe. A number of the inhabitants stood armed all the 
time we were embarking. I showed them my watch, lens, and 
other things to keep them amused, until there oifiy remained 
those who were to enter the canoe with me. I thanked them for 
their kindness, and wished them peace. After all, they may have 
been influenced only by the intention to be ready, in case I should 
play them some false trick, for they have reason to be distrustful 
of the whites. The guides came over to bid us adieu, and we sat 
under a mango-tree, fifteen feet in cficumference. We found 
them more communicative now. They said that the land on 
both sides belonged to the Bazunga, and that they had left of old, 
on the approach of Changamera, Ngaba, and Mpakane. Sekwebu 
was with the last named, but he maintained that they never 
