r.)_ They pair now. The kite came sooner than
the swallows; I saw the first at Bangweolo on the 20th July, 1868.

_1st November, 1868._--At Kabwabwata; we are waiting till Syde comes
up that we may help him. He has an enormous number of tusks and bars
of copper, sufficient it seems for all his people to take forward,
going and returning three times over. He has large canoes on the Lake,
and will help us in return.

_2nd November, 1868._--News came yesterday from Mpweto's that
twenty-one slaves had run away from Syde bin Habib at one time: they
were Rua people, and out of the chains, as they were considered safe
when fairly over the Lualaba, but they showed their love of liberty on
the first opportunity. Mpweto is suspected to have harboured them, or
helped them over the river; this will probably lead to Syde attacking
him, as he has done to so many chiefs in Rua. In this case Mpweto will
have no sympathy; he is so wanting in the spirit of friendliness to
others.

_3rd November, 1868._--Sent off men to hasten Syde onwards. We start
in two or three days.

The oldest map known to be in existence is the map of the Ethiopian
Goldmines, dating from the time of Sethos I., the father of Rameses
II., long enough before the time of the bronze tablet of Aristagoras,
on which was inscribed the circuit of the whole earth, and all the sea
and all rivers. (Tylor, p. 90, quoted from Birch's _Archaeologia_,
vol. xxxiv. p. 382.) Sesostris was the first to distribute his maps.

_8th November, 1868._--Syde bin Habib is said to have amassed 150
frasilahs of ivory = 5250 lbs., and 300 frasilahs of copper = 10,500
lbs. With one hundred carriers he requires to make four relays, or
otherwise make the journey four times over at every stage. Twenty-one
of his slaves ran away in one night, and only four were caught again:
they were not all bought, nor was the copper and ivory come at by fair
means; the murder of his brother was a good excuse for plunder,
murder, and capture. Mpweto is suspected of harbouring them as living
on the banks of the Lualaba, for they could not get over without
assistance from his canoes and people. Mpweto said, "Remove from me,
and we shall see if they come this way." They are not willing to
deliver fugitives up. Syde senL for Elmas, the only thing of the
Mullam or clerical order here, probably to ask if the Koran authorizes
him to attack Mpweto. Mullam will reply, "Yes, certainly. If Mpweto
won't restore your slav