There Had Been Much Mirth, Music, Drinking, And
Dancing.
The men, and women too, had taken "a wee drap too much,"
but had not passed the complimentary stage.
The wife of the headman,
after looking at us a few moments, called out to the others, "Black
traders have come before, calling themselves Bazungu, or white men,
but now, for the first time, have we seen the real Bazungu."
Kambadzo also soon appeared; he was sorry that we had not come before
the beer was all done, but he was going back to see if it was all
really and entirely finished, and not one little potful left
somewhere.
This was, of course, mere characteristic politeness, as he was
perfectly aware that every drop had been swallowed; so we proceeded
on to the Kafue, or Kafuje, accompanied by the most intelligent of
his headmen. A high ridge, just before we reached the confluence,
commands a splendid view of the two great rivers, and the rich
country beyond. Behind, on the north and east, is the high mountain-
range, along whose base we have been travelling; the whole range is
covered with trees, which appear even on the prominent peaks,
Chiarapela, Morindi, and Chiava; at this last the chain bends away to
the N.W., and we could see the distant mountains where the chief,
Semalembue, gained all our hearts in 1856.
On the 9th of July we tried to send Semalembue a present, but the
people here refused to incur the responsibility of carrying it.
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