On The Morning Of The 9th, After Passing Four Villages, We
Breakfasted At An Old Friend's, Tombanyama, Who Lives Now On The
Mainland, Having Resigned The Reedy Island, Where He Was First Seen,
To The Buffaloes, Which Used To Take His Crops And Show Fight To His
Men.
He keeps a large flock of tame pigeons, and some fine fat
capons, one of which he gave us, with a basket of meal.
They have
plenty of salt in this part of the country, obtaining it from the
plains in the usual way.
The half-caste partner of Sequasha and a number of his men were
staying near. The fellow was very munch frightened when he saw us,
and trembled so much when he spoke, that the Makololo and other
natives noticed and remarked on it. His fears arose from a sense of
guilt, as we said nothing to frighten him, and did not allude to the
murder till a few minutes before starting; when it was remarked that
Dr. Livingstone having been accredited to the murdered chief, it
would be his duty to report on it; and that not even the Portuguese
Government would approve of the deed. He defended it by saying that
they had put in the right man, the other was a usurper. He was
evidently greatly relieved when we departed. In the afternoon we
came to an outlying hamlet of Kambadzo, whose own village is on an
island, Nyampungo, or Nyangalule, at the confluence of the Kafue.
The chief was on a visit here, and they had been enjoying a regular
jollification.
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