Field Diary X
David Livingstone


Date of composition: 9 September 1867 - 2 January 1868
Repository: David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, United Kingdom
Shelfmark: 1129
Clendennen & Cunningham number(s): Field Diaries, 023
Digital edition and date: Livingstone Online, 2017
Publisher: University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD, USA
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[                ]

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In this book the "rough
notes" correspond, apparently,
more closely with the Journal
than the earlier entries
5The reason probably was that
Livingstone was unwell
generally & contented him-
self with brief notes
& did not later amend
10them as previously


This book contains
detail of the famous
interviews with the
old barbarian Casembe


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0005


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X. 9th September
                1867


Hara district
Insama's country
5Went 3 hours west
to Insama's village

He & his people are very
much afraid of fire
arms - We sent a
10message & recieved
an invitation to come
Crowds followed
and surrounded us
& over the people the
15headmen had no
power - They looked
suspiciously to see
if I had arms about
my person - thought
20my notebook was

0007
a pistol - the new
village is immediately to
the North of that which
was burned by Tipo Tipo
5It is very large but
many of the people have
fled from it from
fear of the Malonguana
or traders - When we
10got to Nsama we
saw a very old man
with a very large belly -
gave him a cloth &
he asked to feel my
15hair & clothes - told
him that Hamees had
been anxious to make
peace and it was
not right to keep him
20at a distance but
he replied that he
would send for [      ]
to speak but


0008
as it was impossible
to converse with such
crowds around us
His people have small
5well chiselled features
some are really handsome
but they file their teeth
to such sharp points as
greatly to disfigure them
10The only difference
between them & Europeans
is the olive or warm
brown colour & the skin
[--] alae nasi spread out
15little - the fashion of
the hair is a bunch
of about ten rows of
knobs behind and
the forehead shaved
20up to the crown -


0009

The Ujiji people came
and said that they
could get no ivory
& would return home -
5They are 50 in number
30 here & 20 with the
dhow - The people who
brought my goods to
Ujiji carried also the
10dried meat of three
buffaloes which had
died in the way - Three
remained in charge
of the goods the rest
15returned to Zanzibar
They say that the Lake T.
ends 5 days beyond
Ujiji
& no river goes
out of it or from
20Lake Moero - Plenty
of Arabs at Moero
Here Arabs are in dis-
favour & are not

0010
allowed to go to the
chiefs house or
even into his inner
stockade - Insama
5said he would give
people to shew the
way to Moero -


Insama sent a great
big basket of meal
10& calabash of beer
We came back
today 10th Septr 1867 to
Hara - I send ^ to Ujiji a box
containing papers
15books - a hammock
a coat & cap - ball
cartridges - coffee
mill - Hamidi
paid the man who
20has the chief part
of the dhow

0011
2 dhoti = 16 cubits
It will take 10 days
to go to Ujiji - they
anchor cook &
5sleep ashore - saw
4 Antelopes like
Lechwees




Habez is the
10headman who
took the box to
Ujiji




14th Sepr 1867


15

Ill with fever or
some allied affection
"urina urinans" -
headache - distress
causing groaning
20when I was insensible
better yesterday


0012
{figure}
0013

14th Ju{Se}ptember -
An Eccpse last night
too weak to observe
it -


5

Hamees says that
he has no confidence
in Insama because
he promised him
a daughter to wife &
10she has not come.
He told him also to
stay here & he would
send ivory for sale
but sent none
15No people come
here with provisions
but all hold aloof
so Hamees will
retire to Chitimba's
20to gaurd his property
there - and will

0014
send on Syde &
Hamidi and his
own men to Lopére
Moero & Buire
5to buy ivory & I had
better go with them
than trust in Insama's
guidance - Hamidi
thinks this is the
10plan to be preferred
We go with the
traders stop a day
or two with a subject
of Insama & pass
15Insama's country
altogether - His
people have got a
shock in their ideas
as to the comparative
20value of bows &
arrows & firearms

0015
They are clever
looking & intelligent
& will no doubt
act on the experience
5so dearly bought
The Arabs say that
they lost 50 men
Insama must have
lost as many
10one old man with
a fine {figure} face &
large beard on
the chin came to
look at us - all have
15a patch shaven in the
front of the head up
to the crown - the
hair in a bunch of
knots behind is becom
20ing


0016

14th September continued




A daughter of Nsama
came this afternoon to
5be a wife to Hamees
by way of cementing
the peace - she came
riding picaback on a
man's shoulders - a
10nice modest looking
young woman her
hair rubbed over with
Nkhola a red pigment from
the camwood - she was
15accompanied with
about a dozen young
and old attendants each
carrying some cassava
groundnuts & other
20provisions - the Arabs
all dressed in fi[ ]{n}ery
& fantastic appendages
fired guns - flourished
swords & yelled - When
25she came to Hamees'

0017
hut she descended &
with her attendants
went into the hut - She
has small neat features
5and so had all her
attendants - I had been
asking Hamees about
the path from Bagamoio
and now rose up &
10went away - the noise
was enough to confuse
anyone much more
a stranger




15

15th Septr 1867


Hamees went off
early this morning
with his new wife
to her father but
20was met by two
men who said to
him that he must
remain here - this
throws us back

0018
for we send for all
the people now out
& go West without
Insama's leave


5

16th Septr 1867
We expect the people
in tomorrow and
will go on the day
10following - it is
getting very hot now
a few drops of rain
fell about 3 PM
today


15

[17th] Hamidi went to
Insama's yesterday
and was told to come
in if without gun
20or sword but he
would not go on these
conditions - Insama

0019
said that he would
send people to take us
on today - if they
come we shall go
5tomorrow - Two
men came from
Moamba's to Hamidi
to say that he had
three tusks - a large
10party of Arabs is at
Morere's


We have come 49'
say 50 miles
from
Chitimbas along the
15slope from the great
watershed
- In going
to Insama's we
descend a great step
on this slope & his
20village lies in a huge
valley drained by the
Moambeze with the

0020
Moero Lake - a
long range of hills
of denudation stretch
along from Lofu E.
5far to the west between
this valley & the Lake
while the step mention
-ed runs west as far
as we can see


10

Suleiman making
slave sticks or gorees
for slaves - for lack
of ivory




15

18th Septr 1867


Hamees off to Nsama
again - did not tell
us, he is ashamed
of his father in law.
20Spent chief part of the
day with Syde




19th Septr Those
who despair of ivory
25now invest in

0021
slaves & the people of
Nsama sell them for
beads - Hamees was
admitted to Nsama's
5presence & men are to
be sent for us today




20th I had resolved
to go to Insama's
10this morning but
Hamees sent to say
the men had come
and we are all to go
with them on 22d
15so I must have patience
again for two days




21st Several buffaloes
have been killed - they
20seem to be abundant
in the country - Hamees'
guide & wife ran
away - believing
that the Arabs

0022
were going to fight
Hamees went to N-
-sama
& got other
guides so to secure
5them we set off at
once -


22d Septr 1867 &
travelled two hours
North then descended
10into the valley of
Insama
& crossed it
in an hour - 3 hours
We descended the same
step as at Insama
15dark red sandstone
covered with trees
The plain is swampy
at times - paths diffi-
cult as feet have made
20them uneven -


The next reach is said to
be without water so
we remain till 12

0023
or one oclock tomorrow
the 23d Septr
One ^ woman sick
& it being very hot we remain -
mosquitoes here - the
5first we have had for
a long time -


A fire broke out at{in}
Hamees establishment
at Hara through the
10night & got completely
the upper hand burning
all his beads, powder
guns - except one bale of
cloth - news came
15this morning & prayers
were offered for him
with incense - some
goods will be sent as
well - They seem to be
20religious in their way
The prayer book was held
over the incense - and
all joined in a sort
of response while this
25was done to "Harasji"


0024

24th Septr 1867




We were roused at
3 AM but after all was
5ready told that we
should go at 2 PM
as the road was difficult
& water far - We should
not reach it but be
10oppressed with the
midday heat
- We now
sleep in the field & get
to water tomorrow
Hamidi's wife was ill
15yesterday & stopped us


When the Arabs &
Kasonso's people were
punishing Insama
the people of the latter
20fled into this plain which
was then so deep with
water they could not
follow them - Fish
spread over all these

0025
wet plains in the
rainy season
- We
marched 4 hours
mainly North - After
5first hour descended
from a height then
had a wall of Rocks
1000 feet high on our
left - after flanking
10it for while climbed
up and went along
N. on heights then
slept without water
Chuma stole some of
15my water then came
& begged more when it
was done - another
did the same - some
are slaves in spite
20of all that was done

0026
by feeding clothing
& educating at Nassick
The loads are less than
half ^ those carried by slaves
5yet they always grumble
& skulk 4 hours in all




25th Septr 1867


Started at 5 - 30 and
10came along through
the same well grown
forest we have been
travelling through - came
to a village stockaded &
15all the people outside
with gates shut - afraid
of the Arabs - then
descended some 1000
feet
into an immense
20plain with apparently
a river some ten miles
off


0027

Gardner lay down
& howled as if he
had too heavy a
load to excite the
5compassion of the
Arabs - Chuma too
because he had a
sore eye - pretended
that he could not
10walk - a little boy ran
with his load




26th Off at 6 AM
Went 2½ hours North
15to the large river seen in
the evening - It is a
mile wide
& full of
papyrus plants - very
difficult to ford as
20we often plunged into
holes up to the waist
Roots of Papyrus very
sore on the feet -


0028

1½ hours to cross it
then one hour N.E.
5 hours in all
-
Chisera R. is that we
5crossed - It winds away
to the West - many
elephants & other
animals on its banks
four elephants have
10been killed - also several
buffaloes & zebras
The banks slope down
¼ a mile & South
are the ranges of hills
15we crossed in coming
country near river
without many trees
People abundant
& friendly -


0029


27th Sept 1867
We remain to take
out the ivory from
5the dead beasts -
sky clouded over
prevents latitude
being taken - one
tusk weighed 85 lbs
10the other nearly as much




28th people cutting
up & drying the zebra &
other meat - clouds
15prevent observations

R Chisera goes into
Moero - rises in
Lopere - more to the
West it becomes
20free of Papyrus &
requires canoes
to cross it


0030

Two hours North
brought us to the
Kamosenga about eight
[to] four yards wide
&
5running strongly among
Papyrus & aquatic
plants East into the
Chisera - many buffaloes
elephants & geese on
10its banks - country
flat & covered with
thick bush - cassias &
another tree in flower
perfume the air


15

Then two hours more
round a bend westwards
& North = 4 hours in
all chiefly North


0031


30 Septr 1867


We marched 2 hours
N.W.
then 2 N N West
5then ^ # after one N.E
crossing the Kamosenga
view a small stream
near hills and men
reached Karungu's
10vil
- this stream
divides Itawa from
Lopere - the Lopere
[C7] begins on its Northern
bank here = 5 hours


15

1st Octr 1867


Karungu very much
afraid of the Arabs
keeps all out of
20his stockade - and
has little ivory to sell


0032

2d Octr 1867




Ill all day - from
drinking too much
5water after the march
It was excessively
hot
and five hours
was as much as
we could bear - The
10clouds all over
every afternoon &
thunders in the
distance
-




15

3d Octr


Men have been sent
to next chief Mtete
& when they return
we go - this is necessary
20as about 450 people
inspire fear - Here
the people come about
us freely now

0033
& bring more pro-
-visions than can be
bought - Men came
bearing huge baskets
5of meal slung to poles
to Hamadi


{figure}


4th Octr


10

The Arab travelling
is very slow work
but in cases
like ours it is
unavoidable for
15all are suspicious
of them & no ivory
will be brought

0034
unless confidence
is restored - clouded
over most of the day
and night too
- I
5sat up watching for
stars last night - got
two but neither have
a declination in the
Nautical Almanac -


10

    5th Oct.r 1867


First showers of this
season
yesterday evening
& this morning - Here
15at Karungu's village -
afternoon also -


The five people
sent to Mtema were
ill recieved, and an
20attempt to kill
them attemptedmade
when the natives
saw the guns

0035
they desisted but
wished no Arabs
to come - they said
"where did Tipo Tipo
5place ivory in our
country that he
comes seeking it"


Other men are
expected to come
10from Chikongo
tomorrow - if he
is more favour
able we shall go
there - if not go
15by force where
we wish - It is
fear that prompts
the hostile actions
& words of these
20unvisited natives


0036

6th Octr 1867




thundering in distance
all day a little rain
5during the night
service with Litany




7th ill all day &
night - am always
10so if not working




8th Octr two men
came last night from
Chikongo bringing
15a tusk & saying that
is the only ivory
I have - and the Arabs
are not to come as
we shall run away
20The defeat of Insama
has struck terror
into all their hearts
for he was the great

0037
conqueror of all -
Men are to be sent
tomorrow to invite
Chikongo to send any
5ivory he has here &
then let us pass through
his country not going
near his village -
I wished to go on to
10Moero but all declare
that our ten guns
would cause a flight




9th Men went off
15to Chikongo this
morning
- Syde
presented a goat




10th Had a long
20conversation
with Syde - He thinks
the sun rises &
sets &c

0038
because the Koran
says so & he sees it -
He thinks that Jesus
told of the coming of
5Mahomet & that it
was not Jesus who
suffered on the cross
but a substitute.!




10

11th Oct 1867
Nothing of any im-
-portance




12th Octr an elephant
15killed by Tipo Tipos
men




13th Sunday




20

14th It is always
clouded over and
often no breath of
wind stirring


0039

15th Nothing of
importance




#16th a great many
5of the women in the
district (Lopére) are
afflicted with
goitre -


An Arab died yester
10day & was buried
in the evening - no
women allowed to
come near - - A silent
prayer uttered over
15the corpse & then
a covering held over
the ground while the
body was deposited
{figure}


0040

17th Octr 1867




18th The men sent to
Insama begging him
5to use his influence
with Chikonga to allow
us to pass returned
last night - Insama
says that if Chikongo
10thinks himself strong
enought to resist he
can do so - He has
nothing to do with
him - Insama dances
15to his wives drum
He is in his dotage
evidently




19th Octr


20

one man returned
from Chikongo today
Reports favourably
but the chief wont

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negotiate with slaves
An Arab is to be sent
today & as soon as
he returns we start
5There is no obstruction
some Wanyamwezi
had come to Chikongos
from West to buy copper
wire - He reports
10many Arabs in the
West - some say that
Moero is larger than
Tanganyika - & that
it falls into Lagas-
15awa




20th Because
very ill - sore bones
& much head-
20-ache - then lost
power over the
muscles of the [      ]


0042

19th continued




(The friends of the
Arab who died made
5a feast & sent portions
all about - I got a
good share)



20th continued
urine in driblets
10no appetite - great
thirst




20{1} Oct 1867
Syde sent his
15men to bult a
new hut in a
better spot, I hope
this may be a
more healthful
20one for me


0043


22d Octr The men
came back from
Chikongo but with
5the discouraging
news that no ivory
was to be had - they
go West with me
the day after tomorrow
10to Chisawe who will
take my party on
to Moero = the
Arabs will return
thence & we move on


15

23d Octr to wait
another day as Tipo Tipo
gave headman here
some cloth & recieved
20a promise of something
Karungu "is looking
for it"


0044

24th Octr 1867




If a slave wishes
to change his master
5he goes to another &
breaks a spear or a
bow before him
The transference is
irrevocable on the
10Zambesi & among
the Wanyamwezi
[   ]{exc}ept by paying the
slave's full price to
the new master - A
15case happened here
yesterday




25th Octr


Authority was found
20in the Koran for
saying that today was

0045
unlucky for starting
but the fact was our
guide hither enticed a
young girl slave to
5run away with him
then gave her off to
his countrymen to
hold for him, but
they kept her for
10themselves & gave
information about
the other - men are sent
after her - but we go
tomorrow - Nothing
15can be more tedious
than the Arab way of
travelling




26th We went WS
20W. for nearly five
hours
- through an
undulating well
wood country the
people numerous

0046
they keep out of the
way - Elephant and
buffaloes numerous
several trees yield a
5finely scented woods
some gave it out strongly
when burned - others
when cut - Euphorbias
abundant & large -
10we sleep by a torrent
whose pools have been
filled with muddy
water by the rain
WSW




15

27th Octr 1867
Off at 6 - 15 in a fine
drizzling rain which
continued two hours
-
came on to a plain
20about 3 miles broad
full of large game -
Zebras & buffaloes - In

0047
the rainy season it
will be swampy
-
We go Westwards
over plains with
5ridges of denudation
200 feet above the
valleys
of [   ] & always
covered with trees


{figure}
10

The people are off to get
meat - the ridges are
generally hardened sand
-stone [   ] marked with
Madrepores and
15masses of brown
Haematite - very hot
and we became very
tired - along line of
hill on our South
20pointed to Nsama's
3¾ in all


0048
{figure}
0049
{figure}
0050

28 Octr 1867




A march of five hours
brought us to the
5villages of [    ]{Chif}upa
on the Ch[   ]{oma} but
chief & people had
fled leaving us
all the houses &
10everything else sent
after men to come &
sell us food in vain
so they lose all the slaves
will take Hours 5 W S Wt


15

29th rested all day
on banks of the
Choma R. which
he comes from its

0051
North & goes S W
It is in deep mud
banks 20 yards wide
and about 2 yards
5deep
- contains
plenty of fish - water is
now muddy -
people will not
come to sell food
10so it is not remark
able that the Arab
slaves help themselves
to ground nuts
sorghum & millet
15which abound in
the villages - I bought
a little mteza at a
high price the man
evidently not seeing

0052
that it would be
better to sell for a
fair price than run
off & leave it all to
5be eaten by the slaves




30th Octr 1867
two ugly images
were found in
10huts set apart for
them - they represent
the people of the
country {figure}


0053


31st Oct 1867 a march
of 5½ hours
brought
us to some villages
5where the people sold
food & behaved in a
friendly manner -
a herd of buffaloes
met us in the way
10but Syde took my
gun from the boy who
was carrying it and
when the beasts came
round close to me I was
15powerless Hours


The Choma at the
ford is 20 yards wide
and 9 feet deep


0054

1st Novr 1867



came along among
hills thickly covered
5with trees some in
full foliage & some
putting forth red
leaves - Hills may
be 700 or 800 feet
10above the valleys
which at present
have little water
this is not a district
of running rills -
15we crossed three
knee deep
- buffaloes
very numerous
# The Ratel covers its
droppings to secure
20the scavenger beetles


0055

In hours we came
to a hill side & built
our sheds = West




5

2d Luao & Lipande Rs




2d Novr 1867
Went West in a
valley remarkable
10for the numbers
of a small Euphorbia
which we smashed at
every step - Hills
on each side & especially
15the right higher - after
3½ hours
we came
to a strong rivulet
the Lipande running
S West to Moero
20then ½ an hour
after crossed it

0056
again now 20 yards
wide
& knee deep

Then we crossed the R
Luao
about same
5size & prepared to
sleep on its western
bank - country very
richly wooded &
trees large - Granite hills


10

3d Novr 1867 -


A very desultory march
of five hours
- Hills
retire - soil very rich
15came to two villages but
people did not want us
so we went on to the
Mosumba or chiefs
village
- (we want a
20head over all sadly)

0057
Muao is this chiefs
name Buira


We found a young
man at Muao's who
5had fled from Cazembes
His father was left there
a youth & grew up
a heathen his name is - Mohamad
bin Saleh
got into difficulties
10& fle{his} son fled hither
He reports that MoeroLuapula
comes from Mofe
or Mofu is first a
river then expands
15into a Lake then
is a river again &
flows into Tangan-
-yika
- this River is
the Luapula


0058

4th Novr 1867




Syde came early this
morning
& said
5that the Rua country
is a month distant
that but little ivory
is found there - none
at Cazembe's or
10here in Buira


Letters had come from
Hamees - Chitimba
was dead & so was
Mambwe - people
15are fighting for the
chieftainship of
Chitimba - great
hunger prevails now
Moriro a chief dis-
20-possessed by Insama
of his country wished
the Arabs to interfere

0059
but they had made
peace & declined -
This unfavourable
news decided Syde
5& Tipo tipo to remain
here only ten days or more
then return - they advise
me to go to Moero &
Cazembe if I like
10then return to Phoeto
& wait for Bin Habib
to go to Ujiji with
him




15

5th Syde & Tipo Tipo
send men to trade at
Cazembe's for ivory
& then return by way
of Moiriri's to Chitimba
20and there meet all
together before going
to Zanzibar -


0060

We were to start to-
morrow but the guides
proved false - they are
Unyinyembe who
5helped Mohamad
bin Saleh
to fight
with Cazembe - It is
said that after Cazembe
had killed all Mohamad
10men he left him to
dwell alone in his
town - the Unyinyembe
fear revenge if they
come into the power
15of Cazembe




6th Novr 1867


Very many cases of
swelled Thyroid gland
20appear both in men
& women here = Goitre
or Derbyshire neck
this is only 3350 feet

0061
above the sea




7th Nov - Start for
Moero - said to be near
5convoyed by all the
Arabs - We drew
near to Kasoma
mts
& sleep at Kaputas
villages
having gone
10four hours nearly
South
-             4S -




8th Novr 1867 --
Off at 6 AM - the villages
15are very thickly studded
over the valley here
and all surrounded
with Cassava - one of
these belonged to Puta
20and he was not to


0062

From Kalongosi back
to Lualaba mouth
- to end of Rua mts 303°


{figure}
0063
{figure}


North bend before #
Lake enters the Lua-
5-laba
- {figure}




{figure}
{figure}
0064

be seen but he sent to
say if we slept there &
gave him cloth he would
send men to conduct us
5tomorrow & ferry us across
His people refused a
hut so we came on
to the Lake & saw no
ferry - In two hours we
10reached the Lake which
seems of goodly size
flanked by mountains
on the East & West -
sloping banks of
15coarse sand -
people brought monde
a fish for sale - It has
a flat rough surface
instead of teeth - Eats
20small fish - Has
feelers like claws

0065
but large eyes & no
scales - a spine rises
of the back apparently
bone - a thick belt
5of Tropical Forest
runs all round the
North end - In it
villages are planted
chiefly fishermen 2hs


10

9th Novr 1867


came along bank of the
Lake S E wards then
ascended the hills - a
15headman refused us
admission so we
walked on & he sent
for us saying that the
real headman had
20just arrived from
the place whither he had
retired so we went

0066
It being better to appear
friendly than otherwise
His name is Chiputa &
place Kalekale


5

Flies abound by reason
of the fish caught - the
people are Babemba
but beyond the Kalongwesi
they are all Balunda - 3 = hours


10

10th Novr Headman
gave us a supply of
provisions this
morning
- villages
15dotted thickly all
over the country but
the people seem to
feel insecure for their
gates are shut and
20they refuse us ad-
mittance - a trade

0067
in salt is carried
on - the salt is the
produce of salt springs
We pass many of
5these traders daily
& they return our
salutation very civily
rubbing earth on the
arms - they are now
10putting their gardens
in order - We have
come along between
two ranges of hills
one flanking the
15East shore of the
Lake the other about
3' from it - From
700 to 1500 feet above

0068
the Lake - covered thickly
with trees - of Granite
loosely adhering &
of a tinge of red -


5

11th Novr 1867 - On
a plateau well cultivated
& very many villages
saw a water hog -
10marched with yesterday
3 + 4 - 30 = 7 - 30 in all




12 Novr After a
march of 3 hours
15we came to two villages
and a headman took
charge of us to cheat
us in crossing the
Karungwesi or
20Kalongosi - about

0069
60 yards wide
&
deep enough to require
canoes - It rises
in Kumbi in the
5North{South} East has a strong
current & plenty of
fish now ascending
to spawn - they
are caught by weirs &
10hooks - Baskets also
are sunk in the rapids
full of stones & means
for securing fish attached
to them {figure} when water
15rises they are
standing places (for) {figure}
people to throw
[    ]{nets} & [     ]{Hooks} [   ]{all}
cross Kalongosi
20miles -
14th + 7h = miles 41


0070
{figure}
0071
{figure}
0072

13 Novr 1867 detained
by rain till noon
- then
went on Southwards
Kalongosi went with us
5some distance then meeting
a large flat plain turned to
the West = heavy
rain stopped us
at 1
a village on the edge of
10the flat mentioned -
Monde Ntondo
Mota Sampa
Lusa Bongwe
Kasobe Mabanga
15Molobe Kise
Lopembe Kuanya
Motoya Nkosu
Chipansa Pale
Mpifu Mosungu
20Manda Litembwa
Mpata
0073
Moombo - Mechebere
Mfeu Toninchia
Meinde Sipa
Seuse - Lomembe
5Kadia nkololo
Etiaka - Tomolenga
Nkomo - Mirongwe
Lifishe - Nfindo
Sambamkaka -           Pende

1038 species of fish in Moero




Back ^ from small hill seen
at North end as
the termination of
15Kalongosi point -
to the East end of E.
range
                     35°


Other mass = 10°
near middle of
20valley coming to Lake

0074
Lualaba mouth 360°
End of Rua mts 365°
End of water on E 42°
& N of large plain of
5Kalongosi




14 Novr 1867


came on & being doubt-
ful as to the path sent
10to a village to enquire
Headman came full of
wrath, what right had
we to come that way
seeing the usual path was
15to our left - He mouthed
some sentences in the
pompous Londa style
but would not shew us
the way so we left
20him & proceeded
four & a half

0075
hours
through large
forest till tired out
We took advantage
of some huts which
5had been occupied by
bark cloth cutters




15th Heavy rains
from 2 AM - sky lower
10-ed in morning
yet
we went on one &
a half hours
to a village
in cassava fields




15

16th went 1¼ hours
& then crossed the
Muatize - 25 yards
wide
& running
strongly to our right
20W - knee & thigh deep

0076
1¼ + 2¼ cross the
R - 10{7} yds wide
knee deep
flowing
South{West} into Muatize


5

17th Novr 1867


An hour & a half to
another Rt called
Chirongo - 1 yd wide
10& 1 deep

country covered with
well grown forest -
We meet many parties
of salt traders -
15very winding 4½ in all
path -
Note - It is all dense
well grown leafy
forest - Trees of
0077
gum copal and the
bark cloth tree and
several to me new
trees - gum copal
5spews out just now
in the rains in great
abundandance where
wounds have been
made by an insect
10It falls & sinks into
the soil a supply
for future ages
the small rounded
features of Insama's
15country
common
Sleep by the
Rr Mandapala
or Mantapala
12 yds knee deep rapid


0078

18th Novr 1867


Rest after 2 hours at
Kabusi a sluggish
narrow streamlet -
5then Chungu near it is
a broad one choked up
with trees & plants
as Sapotas - Eschinom
-anas - free stream
1018 yds wide & waist
deep
- We had to
wade at least 100 yards
often thigh & waist
deep
-               2 - 20


15

Palm oil trees abound
on the East of the Chungu
This remarkable as
the Alt. above the sea
is 3300 feet - the oil

0079
is called "Mafutu
a Mboko
" and is
very nice & sweet -


Allah is a very
5common exclamation
among all the people
West of Insama's




19th sent off by
10advice of our guide
four fathoms of
calico to Cazembe
to apprise him of
our coming - very
15superfluous if as is
asserted he has been
telegraphed to of our
progress ever since
we crossed the
20Kalongosi - we

0080
remain till our
messengers return - It
has been so clouded over
we could not make
5out our progress or
position - never got a
glance at sun or stars
except in afternoons
when they were useless
10Rain & thunder
perpetually though the
Rain seldom fell
where we were




15

Bought a pint of
Palm oil for a cubit
of calico - the bananas
are the sweetest I
ever tasted and the
20ground nuts grow
very large in Cazembes
country
- the Cassava
is the staple article

0081
of food


Saw pure white
headed swallows
on the Chungu
5yesterday




20th Novr 1867 A
fine young ^ Kapesia man whose
father was Cazembe
10before this one came
to us to conduct us
to his relative tomorrow




21st 2¾ to the Rt
15Lunde
+ ¾
along a
broad path made
by Cazembe's orders
& due West across
a level plain thickly
20studded with anthills

0082
from 15 to 20 feet
in height & of a
reddish colour -
very few trees on
5the plain as it is
near the town &
the young trees are all
used for building
huts


10

Rt Lunde is where
we crossed, it knee deep
& 6 yard wide
- It is
broader a mile of{or}
two down
- springs
15were rising out of
its bed at our ford
                4 hours to the
chief village of Cazembe
on
the Lakelet Mofwe


20

C[  ]{a}zembe sent us a
big basket of dried
0083
fish - Mahahmad
bin Saleh
met us
his people firing guns
of welcome - He is a
5fine portly dark Arab
with white beard - a
pleasant smile and
good address - He
presented a meal of
10vermicelli & sugar
Also Cassava made as
a sweet meat - I have
not tasted sugar since
Lake Nyassa - nor coffee
15His ideas of the source
of the Luapula as in
a Lake formed by the
Chambezi are remarka
-ble - Luapula is
20in fact the Chambezi


0084

Neither goats sheep nor
cattle thrive here - so the
population is shut up
to fowls & fish - Cassava
5abounds - When Dr
Lacerda
came here the
chief village is said to have
been on the ^ Chungu or Manluapala
Rr
or Mandapala R
102h - 20m + 3 - 30 + 4 = 9h - 50
say 20 miles - North of

the present village


A Portuguese ^ or Goanese said
to have been wantonly
15imprisoned an island in
Mofwe came to mend
guns & was prosperous
for a time but gradually
became poor - the
20present Cazembe pitying
his poverty gave him
the plantation on the

0085
island, two wives &
some people to cultivate
& support him - he
is content it is said.
523th Nov A great many of
Cazembe's people appear
with cropped ears &
hands lopped off -
The present chief has
10been and is often
guilty of this barbarity -
one man has just
come to us with neither
ears nor hands &
15he tries to excite our
pity by making a
chirruping by striking
the stumps of his hands
on his cheeks -


20

A dwarf with back
bone broken also

0086
comes about us - the
people seem to spare
him & he is always
scolding some one for
5wrong doing


One side of Cazembe's
chief residence is
200 double paces
{figure} it is nearly
10a square of
300 yards each
side and
the entrance is
ornamented with
15about 30 human
skulls - It is about
2 miles from the
North end of Mofwe

& on the North East
20bank {figure}

0087
{figure}


Hamid Bogarib
an Arab trader met
at Cazembe's very
5civil




23{4}th Novr 1867


We were called to go
to Cazembe to a grand
10reception - a head
man stood near the
Eastern or principal
gate with two large
ill made umbrellahs
15over his head & his
people behind him
He had to wait for
admittance till the
chief had seen our
20present & so had we
much to Mohamad
disgust - When


0088
{figure}
0089
{figure}
0090

we got in we saw
Cazembe seated in
front of a huge hut
& two umbrellah's
5held over him


{figure}
0091

On his right were
about 30 people sitting
behind him in the door
way sat his principal wife
5& attendants - on his
left some fifty men &
still farther off on both
hands sat a hundred
Mohamad & I and
10attendants were placed
directly in front of
Cazembe & about 500
yards off
- While behind
& on our right &
15left we had groups
with marimbas
drums & other instrum
ents of music - Each
band came up playing
20& then took its stand
near the chief


0092

I counted them before
the bands of musicians
came in found the
whole to be almost 300
5the accessions of
musicians & women
made the whole to be
somewhat under 400
These with the queens
10attendants made the
whole party about
500 - It certainly did
not number 600 in
all - Cazembe was
15clothed in a common
Manchester blue & white
print edged with red
serge & arranged in
huge folds so as to
20look like crinoline
His arms were encased
in neatly plaited bead
sleaves up to the elbows
a broad band of

0093
bead work covered the
front part of his head
& was crowned with
a ring of feathers ---
5Having sent my coat
on to Ujiji I had no
dress but a grey one
When called on I rose
took off my cap &
10bowed to him - an
old counsellor then
gave a long account
which he had gathered
from Mohamad and
15this being graciously
recieved he came & told
me that I was free in
Cazembes country to
do whatever I liked
20He then rose & went
to an inner apart
men whither we followed
the present was

0094
now produced and
exhibited each article
in detail - 8 yards
of orange coloured serge
5a large blue table cloth
another checked table
cloth imitated from
Native manufacture
on the West coast
10they always excite
great admiration
both Arabs & natives
like them extremely
& lastly a large comb -
15richly gilded such
as were worn by
ladies in England
some 50 years ago -
As it was explained
20that my goods were
nearly done the present
did not disappoint

0095
as it might have
done from a trader
the kind of articles
were greatly admired
5Its value here might be
five Pounds - He
again expressed him
self pleased & we came
away -


10

The present Cazembe
has a heavy uninteresting
countenance of chinese
type - His eyes have
an outward squint -
15He smiled but once
& that was pleasant
though the cropped
ears & hands & heads
at the gate made me
20indisposed to look on
any-thing with favour
His principal wife
came after he had
departed to look at

0096
the Moingerese Moinglese - she
was very good looking
& tall & had two spears
in her hand; having
5recieved my salutation
at a distance of forty
yards
I involuntarily
beckoned her to come
nearer - this upset
10the gravity of all her
attendants - all burst
into a laugh & ran off -


Cazembe's smile
was elicited by a
15dwarf making some
antics before him
This dwarf is present
at everything - the
executioner came to
20look too - He had a
curious instrument
hanging to his neck
on asking him what
it was he told me -

0097
Cazembe sent us
another huge basket
of fish - two do. of
flour - & a pot of beer


5{figure}


Female ornaments
richly studded with
beads & pretty =


10{figure}
0098

Cazembe sent us
a goat two large baskets
of flour - a large basket
of fish dried over a
5fire & a large pot of
beer


Saw Cazembe's wife
carried to her plantation
by six men twelve at other times - she is
10{figure}
very attentive to her
agriculture but as it
is at a distance she
takes the travelling to it
15easily - cassava is its
chief product - sweet
potatoes - maize &

0099
sorghum follow
she was regaling her
self with a huge pipe
& talking to her attend-
5-ants meanwhile - next
day she had twelve carriers.


This people seems
more barbarous among
themselves than any
10I have seen yet - they
strike each other savage
-ly out of mere wanton
-ness




15

26th Mohamad says
that he will go to
Ujiji next month -
He has dhows and
many people - He
20proposes that we
go with him - and
this seems a good

0100
opportunity - He
thinks very little of
Cazembe - He has neither
tact nor good sense -
5other Cazembes he has
known sent food
every day to strangers
I have reason to be
thankful for what he
10has given me




27th Novr 1867


Got stars last night
The Portuguese seem to
15be 50 miles wrong -
in Latitude alone -
Some say that Charlera
died on the Chungu
others at Mandapala
20(Chalare - Charala or
Charlera)

0101
old counsellor
came to ask if we wanted
to speak with Cazembe
I replied yes & will
5if he chooses go to
morrow -




28th Mohamad has
been here more than
10ten years & has seen
four Cazembe




29th Cazembe has a
great dance this
15evening with the
usual dreary music
Mohamad varies in
his accounts of the
Lualaba and the
20Luapula


0102

30th Cazembe has a
musical box which
he wishes me to mend
having no tools I dont
5know how - the old
Chiramba declares that
Luapula does not enter
Mofwe but gives it a
wide berth
--



101st Decr 1867 Cazembe
is always succeeded by
a brother or ^ in cases a sister's
son - Perembe was
owner of the district
15in which Cazembe's court
is placed - He brought
me a pot of pombe -
many sons of this
& former Cazembes go
20about very poor
generally no property
can be transmitted
except slaves and

0103
these may die or escape
Of land anyone can
get as much as he can
cultivate so they are
5not raised above the
poorest freeman -



2 sent to tell Cazembe
that I intended to go
down to see the South end
10of Moero & Luapula as
it enters that Lake - did
not recieve an answer
at which Mohamad
was wroth & vented
15his rage in words
which will be reported
& evoke an answer


3d He gave his answer
yesterday but it was
20not reported till this
morning
- He will give a
man to guide us
tomorrow


0104

4th December 1867



Cazembe objected to our
going today - He wants
5to talk again & give us
something more to eat



5th Went to Cazembe
most of the square in which
he dwells is planted
10with Cassava - sorghum
&c - He gave a long oration
about his country &
power which Mohamad
resisted & made his people
15laugh - He said let him
go to Moero & draw cloth
out of it - He lifted up two
spears he had by him
several times which Moham
20-ad
took as an insult &
mocked him - He is one
who never was checked
a very uninteresting old
Chinaman's face - out
25ward squint of both

0105
lifeless eyes - & a few
hairs on his chin - body
thin & bent together
by excesses


5

6th Decr 1867 The
oldest man in these
parts - Mohamad
thinks 150 years -
10by name Perembe
was chief of this land
around Mofwe till
this Cazembe came
He says the first Cazembe
15was attracted by the
fish - a perch being
the most abundant
He is a man of good
sense - they have the
20idea of all from a
single pair


0106

7th Decr 1867
clouds usually prevent
observations
, last
night fever did make
5me unable to go out


8th - 11th very ill of
intermittent fever




12th better of fever but
10no observations can
be made - clouds collect
every evening
------


#Writing letters for home
Sir Roderick - Webb -
15Tom - Agnes - John -
Lord Kinnaird - Mr Oswell
- Young - Charles - MacLear




13th Set in rainy no
20observations - a number
of fine young girls who
live in Casembes
compound came

0107
& shook hands in their
way which is to cross the
right over to the left &
catch then give a few
5claps of both hands -
repeating the first clasp.




15th Syde's people
went off this morning
10Send to Casembe today to
say that Mohamad and
I are going off - Two
traders and I each got the
same return present
15from Casambe - one
goat!




16th No answer from
Casembe - bad manners


20

17th Set in rain all
morning
-




18th Set in rain -
25very ill with bleeding


0108

18th Decr 1867
always ill when not
working - I have been
a month here and
5cannot get Lunars -
Casembe sent a big
basket of fish - two pots
of beer & a basket of
cassava - says that
10we can go when we
choose - He thought we
were going to Moero,
but we did not go
I thought he objected
15so did not wish to go
against his will




19th Decr 1867
Went to say Goodbye
20to Cazembe - He made
a long speech which
Mohamad answered
Casembe tried to be
gracious - said

0109
that we had eaten
very little of his food
but he allowed us to
go


5

20th Decr 1867 - A
guide has been sent
for by Casembe and
we wait for him
10today & start tomorrow
(very ill with bleeding
in large quantities)




21st waiting for the
15guide but will go
without tomorrow
Boys stealing beads




22d Leave Casembe
20hous E. to Lunde Rt
N + ½ N + ½ N
to Chungu Rt -


0110

We came to the Rt
Chungu
3¾ hours but
stopped at a village on
its West side -


5

23d Decr 1867{figure} crossed
the Chungu this morning
raining from above -
cold to the waist below

saw black monkeys


10{figure}
0111

Chungu goes to
Moero so I am in-
-formed this morning
The main stream is
518 yds & waist deep but
we have a 100 yds of
water thigh & waist deep
full of roots & logs
of wood -


10

Mohamad came
this evening. - Casembe
sends three men to
guide me to Moero




15

24th a drizzly day
and we are in a miserable
place - Brakens 11 feet
high
, but we wait
for Casembe's guides
20who will not shun
such weather - gave
some beads to buy
things for Christmas


0112

25th December 1867




We spend Christmas
day in a miserable
5spot on the banks of
the Kabusi a tributary
of the Chungu close
by - drizzly showers
come on every now
10and then
and the
soil is all damp beneath
Mohamad denies that
the Casembe is elective
the present one is a
15usurper - the son fled
to Nsama - (groundnut)
or Nshama -


The best account of the
man Manower is that
20having mended a gun
for Casembe he was
coaxed away from
Montero - who sent
back for him but

0113
let him remain that
Casembe gave him
many concubines &
slaves - this neglected
5him & he sold his
people & now digs
pitfalls for game
has 3 concubines &
2 children now - would
10not come near me
from it is said fear




26th Waiting for guides
about ten men came


15

27th Start today & in
2 hours cross Manda-
-pala
- waist deep now
Elephants numerous -
20This part was stocked
with people who have
all fled from Casembe
because for the slightest
fault he mutilated

0114
and took their children
as slaves - This is the
usual way that tyra
-nny is checked here


5

28th to Rt [  ]ukw - 3
Chirongo
3 hours
Hot fountain in Insama's
country
boils maize
10& cassava - gushes up
every now & then
There are two places
where copper ore exists
in this country but
15people do not know
how to smelt it 3




29th Rt Kabukwa
sick --- 1½


20

30th Better - thanks
to Good Providence

0115
Mohamad waits
for men sent to
convoy us and
shew me Moero -


5

31st Heavy rain
prevented the guide
& convoy from
coming - Mohamad
10gave me a good
dinner of fine
flour porridge & a
fowl - I have had
coarse flour only
15for some time past
# & my stomach is
weak - I fail in the
march too - I used to
be the first & am
20now the last


0116

1st January 1868
#Almighty & Gracious
Father help me to be
more profitable this
5year
- Forgive the sins
of the last year for
Thy Son's sake - If I
am to die this year
prepare me for it -


10

Bought 3 hoes at
two yards calico apiece
This is the last place
where we can buy
them - one will buy
15a good goat in Buire
We go thither and as
one goat died & the
other dried up I long
to have others for the
20milk strengthens - one
hoe measures in its
flat part 13½ inches
0117
by 6½ Do
-


My guide has come
and we go to Moero
tomorrow


5

2d Simon ill prevents
our going - sky all
covered with segab =
clouds


10



0118

Thunder every day
                                                in. tenths
Rain October -                         1.10
---- November                           8.89
5---- December                           9.17
The above three months   19.16


0119

Rainfall = Decr 1867



up to the 18th                             5.88

20th 3 & 4 PM T. N =                     .66
5

Do Do Casembe
5 - 7 PM W. T                                 .89



24th Chungu Rt
10during night T.                             .34
& morning



Do Do Drizzly showers T.             .9


1525th - morning T.                           .5


27th - Mandapala Rr
3 - 5 PM T                                         .33



2030{1}th RtKabukwa
3 - 5 PM T.T.                                     .93



Total for December                   9.17
Many showers fall
25which shew nothing
in the measure


0120

fight [ ]ny strangers


{figure}
5

        Katofia {figure}
        Mchinda
        Nshinda on other
        side
10        Fisindi
Kutiringa mboga
        Chanambe Lake
beyond Tanganyika




15

a dwarf at Cazembes
3 ft 9 inches - His name
Zofu of Charobansa


0121
{figure}

When one Cazembe dies
his successor builds a
new town invariably -
5Towns have been on
Lunde       Chungu
Mandapala = Mofwe




Charala ^ Dr Lacerda came to
10Chungwe ^ lived 10 days &
died then the chief
man moved to Lembwe
(Lorkuesa) ^ that chiefs name




15

Some Ujiji people & the
followers of Lacerda began
to fight at R Chungu - Cazembe
gave Lacerda 10 slaves & men
to build a house - & presents
20to the others & said to out


0122

        Mbwui next by ^ Kabende
        Matanda#
        Cazembe (Bemba
10 days to go to Gezira
5from Cazembe




Beyond Moero the
Luapula is the Lualaba
Goitre & enlarged scrotum
10prevail very much
at Lake Bemba


{figure}


0123

1st Decr 11 AM
T from E -                                         .93




6th 4 to 5 PM T =                             .40


5

8th Cazembe - evening
& night gently                                 .25




10th Do morning T                           .4


10

Do 12th last night T                         .9




- Do Do Noon T ===                         .8
Do Do 4 & 5 PM T                             .53


15

Do 13 Cazembe - 6 - 9 AM           .29




Do 14 during night T                     .29




20

Do 15th night - T W                          .16




Do 16th during night
T = 6 AM to 12 calm                     1.63
Do Do 5 & 6 PM W T                         .81


25

Do 18 - 8 to 10 AM T N                   .39
Casembe's 18 Dec 1867/5           .88


0124

Mambwe
R Chambeze source
{figure} #Lakelet
Babisa Mokishi of
5Gezira Sultan Nombi
        - takes Luapula
        then comes
        round to
Karoko Moero
10Sultan of Lebemba
Kabende Bambeolo
By Mohamad bin Saleh
Moanzabamba is a
Mobisa - Gezira a
15Lake - Kabende
is beyond him



0125

Rainfall                                   in.


Novr 19th in all                           4.65




19 Chungu R
5Noon till 4 PM
intervals -- Loud
Thunder                                         .90




21st Rt Lunde
107 AM. T                                            .15




26th Cazembe's on
Mofwe Lakelet - 3
PM T                                                  .7


15

27 Cazembes T.
7 AM. ----                                         .36




29th T - 2 - 6 AM
20                                                          2.53




30th 5 PM T.                                   .23




Rainfall Novr                               8.89


0126
{figure}


Motoňkoko vil
of Cazembe
-


5

Manda = Ungwesafrse




vil Kefurna - Mosiwe
    headman of it
10        Moňganda town
        of Cazembe

        Manoenwa - a Port
uguese in prison on an
island

15Chalari who died =
Dr Lacerda? The
town of Cazembe has
been shifted along
the Luapula four
20times as each of
that name died


0127

Chamomesi a
man from Katanga
we met on the
Choma 30 Oct /67


5

{figure}
0128

16 Novr 1867
Dismiss James from
being cook - He allowed
Gardner - the filthiest
5fellow of the whole to
wash his dirty paws
in the pot for cooking
porridge - He shook off
the remains of the dirt
10into the vessel & left it -
James standing by with
his mouth filled with
his tongue lolling out




15

[16{7}th] Took Amoda on in
James stead




19th Decr 1867 - Casembe's
Find that Gardner has
20been stealing wholesale
from the bead bag he
carried.


0129
{figure}
0130


9th by Moero - 4 AM                       .10




11th Do T.                                           .12


5

13 Kalongosi T
7 AM & 1 PM                                     .78
T. the first really
heavy shower -
10Rains will now
turn from partial
to general




15th 2 AM with
15much T                                             .58
forenoon drizzling                         .8




16th night                                         .22




20

17 6 PM T and
night heavy                                   1.44




Novr up to 17 =                             4.65
Octr                                                   1.10


0131

Rainfall Oct 1867


22d - T = (Thunder) from 78
noon - then at 2 PM
a shower accompanied
5it - laid the dust only




24th T 3 PM                                         .3




27th gentle drizzle about             .7


10

29th with T. 3 PM                             .22
Choma River




31st T. all about &                         1.10
15apparently rain but
only a few drops here




1st Novr 1867 a gentle
shower during our
20march                                                   .7




3d Nov a R. Luao
2 AM with T.                                     .30




25

7th Mosumba - 6 AM
with thunder                                   1.8




8th Chiputas - T                                   8


0132

                                        1867
{figure}




15 Decr rainy time
5{figure}

At Casembe's town


0133

16th Octr 1867
Karungu's on the
Kamosenga Rt
{figure}


5

Karungu 23 Oct
{figure}




R Chungu near
10        Cazembe's 20 Nov


0134
Chiruko #          ach sent
thank
a oni man
um all
5==========
amara klas
ogie

Lukri
Budi
10Je{a}nga
Karenga
Manyoko
Mbulu
Thalaputa
15Kabile
Luku{r}gagonaboja



Fomalhaut


{figure}
0135
{figure}


{figure}


5{figure}
0136

Chikongo West
of Karungu -
Choma is W.S.W.
of this - Logarawa
5goes into Moero
& Moero comes
from Cazembe's






Groundnuts or
10Mteza or Mbalala
roasted in a frying
pan - then rubbed
between the hands to
take off the skin - &
15pounded fine, then
mixed with water
& boiled make an
excellent substitute
for milk with por-
20-ridge - add salt -


0137

20 Sept 1867


{figure}




Has^arajib a man
5of Mahamad




Kongolopya = whirlwind




Karungu = Itawa Dist
10Mtete a greater chief W.
Juma
Merikano passed
Manda Marumbi
which is near to
Tanganyika on
15his way to Rua -


0138

the day & night - a
lower stratum of
clouds comes from the
N & upper from S.
5turning round & round
when they meet {figure}
4 - 30 PM a shower
T. & early on morning
of 5th
=                                               .27
1011 AM T. to
4 PM ======                                   .47




6th gentle rain
during night                                     .4


15

                                                    .78


22d since the above date
it has often threatened
rain & even thundered
20long - the thunder
clouds passing all
around & even a
few drops of rain
fell but soil not wetted


0139

17 Sept 1867


To James 4 Cubits
Send in 3 to






5

1st Octr 1867 clouded
all over & thundering
in distance = a few
drops of rain only
at R. Kamosenga


10

2d Karungu's vil
Thunder ^ 3 PM in distance
& probably showers




15

3d Do 4 AM. T.
& at daylight a
slight shower not
enough to lay the dust
3 PM a few heavy
20drops of rain fell




4th Do 3 PM Thunder
-ing in the N.N.W -
clouded over most of


0140
{figure}


0141
{figure}


Syde maintains that
all the rivers East of this
5flow into the South except
R Likwa which is
broad like a Lake.


[                ]

18th An intelligent native
10said that Moero came
round from South to
N.E. of Nsama before
joining the Lake Tanganyika




15

- Lisépe a red bean
which grows wild
by long cooking it is
made eatable by some
Nsama's people dont
20know




0142

6 Kabogo Lohembe
7 Kerengoana a chief
8 Morora country & cross
R Ruaha 9 Dewerwa
510 Powaga 11 Puge - country
of Merere
12 Ubage Do
13 Mdonya Do 14 Namkori
Do 15 Irundu a place
where they make salt -
1016 Nyamunyama Do
17 Moarafu hills
18 Tangure = chief town
of Merere 19 Usafa
then 20 Nyika -


15

From Nyika to
Paoaga is all
Merere's country &
equal to 2 months
It is 15 days more
20Urungu


0143

Near the coast the
R Rovu goes into the sea.
R. Mgeta of Obena country
flows into Lufiji & Sea
5R. Ruaha into Lufiji too


On N. W. of Chambeze
country Nyika goes into Likwa


R Mono of Nyika goes into
Likwa & that then flows
10into Tanganyika -
country of Basango -
Usango Nyika
R. Mono ^ neck deep Nyamoanga
Mambwe R. Chambeze
15crossed by a bridge -
then Urungu




R Barare comes from
Beni into Merere's country


20

1 Bagamoio 2 Ngerengere
3 Kutu 4 Kirengwe 5 Biuga
Mabruki
. a lofty hill

0144
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