on
one side lay a broken bell, with the letters I. H. S. and a cross, but
no date. There were no inscriptions on stone, and the people could not
tell what the Bazunga called their place. We found afterward it was
Zumbo.

I felt some turmoil of spirit in the evening at the prospect of having
all my efforts for the welfare of this great region and its teeming
population knocked on the head by savages to-morrow, who might be said
to "know not what they do." It seemed such a pity that the important
fact of the existence of the two healthy ridges which I had discovered
should not become known in Christendom, for a confirmation would thereby
have been given to the idea that Africa is not open to the Gospel. But
I read that Jesus said, "All power is given unto me in heaven and on
earth; go ye, therefore, and teach all nations . . . and lo, I AM WITH
YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD." I took this as His word
of honor, and then went out to take observations for latitude and
longitude, which, I think, were very successful. (The church: lat. 15d
37' 22" S., long. 30d 32' E.)

15TH. The natives of the surrounding country collected around us this
morning, all armed. The women and children were sent away, and one of
Mburuma's wives, who lives in the vicinity, was not allowed to approach,
though she had come from her village to pay me a visit. Only one canoe
was lent to us, though we saw two others tied to the bank. The part
we crossed was about a mile from the confluence, and, as it was now
flooded, it seemed upward of half a mile in breadth. We passed all our
goods first on to an island in the middle, then the remaining cattle and
men; occupying the post of honor, I, as usual, was the last to enter
the canoe. A number of the inhabitants stood armed all the time we were
embarking. I showed them my watch, lens, and other things to keep them
amused, until there only remained those who were to enter the canoe with
me. I thanked them for their kindness, and wished them peace. After all,
they may have been influenced only by the intention to be ready in
case I should play them some false trick, for they have reason to be
distrustful of the whites. The guides came over to bid us adieu, and we
sat under a mango-tree fifteen feet in circumference. We found them more
communicative now. They said that the land on both sides belonged to the
Bazunga, and that they had left of old, on the approach of Changamera,
Ngaba, and Mpakane. Se