The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . trees grow farther east than Pam-bete is said to be the stony soil there; and this seems a valid one,for it loves rich loamy meadows. May 1st, 1867.—We intended to go north-west to see whether thisLake narrows or not; for all assert that it maintains its breadthsuch as we see it bejond Pemba as far as they know it; butwhen about to start, the head man and his wife came and pro-tested so solemnly that by going north-west we should walk intothe hands of a party of !Mazitu there, that we deferred our de-parture. It was not with a full pe
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The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . trees grow farther east than Pam-bete is said to be the stony soil there; and this seems a valid one, for it loves rich loamy meadows. May 1st, 1867.—We intended to go north-west to see whether thisLake narrows or not; for all assert that it maintains its breadthsuch as we see it bejond Pemba as far as they know it; butwhen about to start, the head man and his wife came and pro-tested so solemnly that by going north-west we should walk intothe hands of a party of !Mazitu there, that we deferred our de-parture. It was not with a full persuasion of the truth of thestatement that I consented, but we afterward saw good evidencethat it was true, and that we were saved from being plundered.These marauders have changed their tactics; for they demand somany people, and so many cloths, and then leave. They madeit known that their next scene of mulcting would be Mombosvillage, and there they took twelve people — four slaves, andmany cloths, then went south to the hills they inhabit. A strict. DR. LIVINGSTONE DANGEROUSLY ILL. 171 watch was kept on their movements bj our head man and hismen. They trust to fleeing into a thicket on the west of the vil-lage, should the Mazitu come. I have been informed on good authority that Kasonso was onhis way to us when news arrived that his young son had died.He had sent on beer and provisions for us; but the Mazitu inter-vening, they were consumed. The Mazitu having left, we departed, and slept half-way upthe ridge. I had another fit of insensibility last night: the mus-cles of the back lose all power, * and there is constant singing inthe ears, and inability to do the simplest sura. Cross the Aeeze(which makes the water-fall), fifteen yards wide and knee-deep.The streams like this are almost innumerable. Mombos village. It is distressingly difficult to elicit accurateinformation about the Lake and rivers, because the people do notthink accurately. Mombo declared that two Arabs c