The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . ct in liberating slaves is to makethem our own, and turn them to our religion. I had declared tothem through Wikatani as interpreter, that they never becameour slaves, and were at liberty to go back to their relatives ifthey liked ; and now it was impossible to object to Wikatani go-ing without stultifying my own statements. It is only necessa-ry to repeat that Wikatani and Chuma had been liberated fromthe slavers by Dr. Livingstone and Bishop Mackenzie in 1861:they were mere children when set free. We must not forget to record the fa
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . ct in liberating slaves is to makethem our own, and turn them to our religion. I had declared tothem through Wikatani as interpreter, that they never becameour slaves, and were at liberty to go back to their relatives ifthey liked ; and now it was impossible to object to Wikatani go-ing without stultifying my own statements. It is only necessa-ry to repeat that Wikatani and Chuma had been liberated fromthe slavers by Dr. Livingstone and Bishop Mackenzie in 1861:they were mere children when set free. We must not forget to record the fact that when Mr. Youngreached Maponda, two years afterward, to ascertain whether theDoctor really bad been murdered, as Musa declared, he was most * To myself.—Ed. DISTINCTIVE TATTOOING. 99 hospitably received by the chief, who had by this time a greatappreciation of every thing English.] The lines of tattoo of the different tribes serve for ornaments,and are resorted to most by the women: it is a sort of heraldryclosely resembling the Highland Mangauja and Machiuga Womeu (from a Drawing by the late Dr. Meller). 100 LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNALS. CHAPTER y. Crosses Cape Maclear.—The Havildar demoralized.—The discomfited Chief.—Reach-es Marengas Town.—The Earth-sponge.—Description of Marengas Town.—Ru-mors of Mazitii.—Musa and the Johanna Men desert.—Readies Kimsusas.—HisDelight at seeing the Doctor once more.—The fat Ram.—Kimsusa rehites his Ex-perience of Livingstones Advice.—Chuma finds Relatives.—Kimsusa solves theTransport Difficulty nobly.—Another old fishing Acquaintance.—Description ofthe People and Country on the west of the Lake.—The Kanthundas.—Kauma.—Iron-smelling.—An African Sir Colin Campbell.—Milandos. September 21st, 1866.—We marched westward, making acrossthe base of Cape Maclear. Two men employed as guides andcarriers, went along grumbling that their dignity was so outragedby working: Only fancy Waiyau carrying
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