The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . slaves, who would show no hesitation in , or Machinga, means mountains only; once or twiceit is put down Saxa de Maxinga, or Machinga, or Mcanga, which,translated from the native tongue, means rocks of mountains,or mountains of rocks. NA TIVE EOE- MA KING. 125 November 10th. — We found the people on the Manclo to beChawa or Ajawa, but not of the Waiyau race: they are Alan-ganja, and this is a village of smiths. We got five men readilyto go back and bring up our loads; and the sound of the ham-mer is constant, showing
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . slaves, who would show no hesitation in , or Machinga, means mountains only; once or twiceit is put down Saxa de Maxinga, or Machinga, or Mcanga, which,translated from the native tongue, means rocks of mountains,or mountains of rocks. NA TIVE EOE- MA KING. 125 November 10th. — We found the people on the Manclo to beChawa or Ajawa, but not of the Waiyau race: they are Alan-ganja, and this is a village of smiths. We got five men readilyto go back and bring up our loads; and the sound of the ham-mer is constant, showing a great deal of industry. They combineagriculture, and hunting with nets, with their handicraft. A herd of buffaloes came near the village, and I went andshot one, thus procuring a supply of meat for the whole partyand villagers too. The hammer which we hear from dawn tillsunset is a large stone, bound with the strong inner bark of atree, and loops left which form handles. Two pieces of barkform the tongs, and a big stone sunk into the ground the Forging Iloes. They make several hoes in a day, and the metal is very good;it is all from yellow hematite, which abounds all over this partof the country: the bellows consist of two goat-skins with sticksat the open ends, which are opened and shut at every ISlh.—A lion came last night and gave a growl or 9 136 LIVINGSTONES LAST JOUBNALS. two on finding he could not get our meat: a man had lent us ahunting-net to protect it and us from intruders of this sort. Thepeople kept up a shouting afterward, in order to keephim away by the human voice. We might have gone on, but I had a galled heel from newshoes. Wild figs are rather nice when quite ripe. November 1-illi.—We marched northward round the end ofChisia Hill, and remained for the night at a blacksmiths, or rath-er founders village. The two occupations of founder and smithare always united, and boys taught to be smiths in Europe orIndia would find
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