Mohamad had gone nowhere.

_7th August, 1868._--We found a party starting from Kizinga for the
coast, having our letters with them; it will take five months to reach
the sea. The disturbed state of the country prevented parties of
traders proceeding in various directions, and one that set off on the
same day with us was obliged to return. Mohamad has resolved to go to
Manyuema as soon as parties of his men now out return: this is all in
my favour; it is in the way I want to go to see the Lualaba and Lufira
to Chowambe. The way seems opening out before me, and I am thankful. I
resolved to go north by way of Casembe, and guides were ready to
start, so was I; but rumours of war where we were going induced me to
halt to find out the truth: the guides (Banyamwezi) were going to
divine, by means of a cock, to see if it would be lucky to go with me
at present. The rumours of danger became so circumstantial that our
fence was needed: a well was dug inside, and the Banyamwezi were
employed to smelt copper as for the market of Manyuema, and balls for
war. Syde bin Omar soon came over the Luapula from Iramba, and the
state of confusion induced the traders to agree to unite their forces
and make a safe retreat out of the country. They objected very
strongly to my going away down the right bank of the Luapula with my
small party, though it was in sight, so I resolved to remain till all
went.

_13th August, 1868._--The Banyamwezi use a hammer shaped like a cone,
without a handle. They have both kinds of bellows, one of goatskin the
other of wood, with a skin over the mouth of a drum, and a handle tied
to the middle of it; with these they smelt pieces of the large bars of
copper into a pot, filled nearly full of wood ashes. The fire is
surrounded by masses of anthills, and in these there are hollows made
to receive the melted metal: the metal is poured while the pot is held
with the hands, protected by wet rags.

_15th August, 1868._--Bin Omar, a Suaheli, came from Muaboso on
Chambeze in six days, crossing in that space twenty-two burns or
oozes, from knee to waist deep.

Very high and cold winds prevail at present. It was proposed to punish
Chikumbi when Syde bin Omar came, as he is in debt and refuses
payment; but I go off to Casembe.

I learn that there is another hot fountain in the Baloba country,
called Fungwe; this, with Kapira and Vana, makes three hot fountains
in this region.

Some people were killed in my path to Ca