occasionally with fine-grained clay schist. Trees often appear of
large size and of a species closely resembling the gum-copal tree; on
the heights masukos and rhododendrons are found, and when exposed they
are bent away from the south-east. Animals, as buffaloes and
elephants, are plentiful, but wild. Rivulets numerous, and running now
as briskly as brooks do after much rain in England. All on the
south-western side of Kalongosi are subjects of Casembe, that is
Balunda, or Imbozhwa.

It was gratifying to see the Banyamwezi carrying their sick in cots
slung between two men: in the course of time they tired of this, and
one man, who was carried several days, remained with Chuma. We crossed
the Luongo far above where we first became acquainted with it, and
near its source in Urungu or Usungu Hills, then the Lobubu, a goodly
stream thirty yards broad and rapid with fine falls above our ford,
which goes into Kalongosi.

_6th October, 1868._--Cross the Papusi, and a mile beyond the Luena of
forty yards and knee deep; here we were met by about 400 of Kabanda's
men, as if they were come to dispute our passage at the ford: I went
over; all were civil; but had we shown any weakness they would no
doubt have taken advantage of it.

_7th October, 1868._--We came to the Kalongosi, flowing over five
cataracts made by five islets in a place called Kabwerume. Near the
Mebamba a goodly rivulet joins it.

_12th October, 1868._--We came to the Kalongosi at the ford named
Mosolo: by pacing I found it to be 240 yards broad, and thigh deep at
the end of the dry season, it ran so strongly that it was with
difficulty I could keep my feet. Here 500 at least of Nsama's people
stood on the opposite shore to know what we wanted. Two fathoms of
calico were sent over, and then I and thirty guns went over to protect
the people in the ford: as we approached they retired. I went to them,
and told them that I had been to Nsama's, and he gave me a goat and
food, and we were good friends: some had seen me there, and they now
crowded to look till the Arabs thought it unsafe for me to be among
them: if I had come with bared skin they would have fled. All became
friendly: an elephant was killed, and we remained two days buying
food. We passed down between the ranges of hills on the east of Moero,
the path we followed when we first visited Casembe.

_20th and 21st October, 1868._--From the Luao I went over to the chief
village of Muabo, and begged him