Fragment of 1870 Field Diary (XIV)
David Livingstone

Date of composition: 13 October 1870
Place of composition: Bambarre
Repository: David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, United Kingdom
Shelfmark: 297b
Clendennen & Cunningham number(s): Field Diaries, 037
Digital edition and date: Livingstone Online, 2016
Publisher: University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD, USA
Project id: liv_000203
TEI encoding: Adrian S. Wisnicki, Megan Ward, Heather F. Ball, Alexander Munson

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XIV 13th Octr 1870 – Lions fat is asserted to be a certain [1]
preventative to the bite of the Tsetse – Lions are very numerous
in Urori and many are killed and the fat sold – the Garaganza
use it to protect their cattle and when smeared on the animals
5the Tsetse comes not near them on accout of the smell –

on coming inland the safe way is to go to 1 Mdonye
2 Makinde 3 Zungomero 4 Masapi 5 Irundu
then turn ^ North to the Nyamnyams and thence to the Nyembe
6 Nyamgore & then South to Merere’s
10and so on South to Merere’s – A woman chief lies in
the straight way to Merere but no cattle live in her land –
another insect lights on the animals & when licked off bites the tongue
or breeds & is fatal as well – as tsetse – It is large in size –

Tipotipo & Syde bin Ali come to Nyembe – thence
15to Nsamas cross Lualaba at Mpwetos – follow left bank
of that river till they cross the next Lualaba & so into
Lunda of Matiamvo – much ivory may be obtained
by this course & it shews enterprise –-

Syde bin Habib & Dugumbe will open up the
20 Lualaba this year and I am hoping to enter the West
Lualaba or Youngs river, and if possible go up to
Katanga – The Lord be my guide & helper – I feel the [3]
want of medicine strongly as much almost as of men

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Turn over = safe way to avoid the #
[2] Tsetse in going to Merere's ^ North to 1 Mdonye
2 Makinde 3 Zungomero 4 Masapè
55 Irundu 6 Nyamgore = then South
to Merere's

Msene 6 days from Unyembe North
market & many Arabs live there

10

all these ten Rivers go into Uerere

Mokunge three eyes or fountains all
very hot.

{figure}
15

# Travelled 199
hours but so
mountainous
say 200 miles

20

# Rivers crossed
by Ramadan &
Hassani August
and Septr 1870
25in Balegga -
They fall into U-
-irere -? Baker's
or what a
"large water" -