The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . 26th.—(No entry except the date.) [They proceeded as far as Kalunganjovus town, the chief him-self coming to meet them on the way, dressed in Arab costumeand wearing a red fez. While waiting here, Susi was instructedto count over the bags of beads, and on reporting that twelve siillremained in stock, Dr. Livingstone told him to buy two largetusks if an opportunity occurred, as he might run short of goodsby the time they got to Ujlji, and could then exchange themwith the Arabs there for cloth, to spend on their way to Zan-zibar. To-day
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa . 26th.—(No entry except the date.) [They proceeded as far as Kalunganjovus town, the chief him-self coming to meet them on the way, dressed in Arab costumeand wearing a red fez. While waiting here, Susi was instructedto count over the bags of beads, and on reporting that twelve siillremained in stock, Dr. Livingstone told him to buy two largetusks if an opportunity occurred, as he might run short of goodsby the time they got to Ujlji, and could then exchange themwith the Arabs there for cloth, to spend on their way to Zan-zibar. To-day, April 27th, 1873, he seems to have been almost entry at all was made in his diary after that which follows,and it must have taxed him to the utmost to write:] Knocked up quite, and remain—recover—sent to buy milch-goats. We are on the banks of the Molilamo. [They are the last words that David Livingstone wrote. Fromthis point we have to trust entirely to the narrative of the explain the above sentence as follows: Salimane, Amisi,. THE PARTY SET OUT. 509 Hamsani, and Laecle, accompanied by a guide, were sent off to en-deavor, if possible, to buy some milch-goats on the upper part ofthe Molilamo.* They could not, however, succeed ; it was al-ways the same story—the Mazitu had talcen every thing. Thechief, nevertheless, sent a substantial present of a kid and threebaskets of ground-nuts, and the people were willing enough toexchange food for beads. Thinking he could eat some mapiracorn pounded up with ground-nuts, the doctor gave instructionsto the two women, Msozi and Mtoweka, to prepare it for him,but he was not able to take it when they brought it to him.] Ajyril 28i/i.—Men were now dispatched in an opposite direc-tion, that is, to visit the villages on the right bank of the Molila-mo as it flows to the Lake; unfortunately, they met with no bet-ter result, and returned empty-handed. On April 29th, Kalunganjovu and most of his people cameearly to th
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