. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa. ingslaves is to make them our own and turn them to ourreligion. I had declared to them, through Wikatani asinterpreter, that they never became our slaves, and were atliberty to go back to their relatives if they liked; and nowit was impossible to object to Wikatani going withoutstultifying my own statements. It is only necessary to-repeat that Wikatani and Chuma had been liberated fromthe slavers by Dr. Livingstone and Bishop Mackenzie in1861 ; they were mere children when set free. * To myself.—Ed. 110 LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNALS. [C
. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa. ingslaves is to make them our own and turn them to ourreligion. I had declared to them, through Wikatani asinterpreter, that they never became our slaves, and were atliberty to go back to their relatives if they liked; and nowit was impossible to object to Wikatani going withoutstultifying my own statements. It is only necessary to-repeat that Wikatani and Chuma had been liberated fromthe slavers by Dr. Livingstone and Bishop Mackenzie in1861 ; they were mere children when set free. * To myself.—Ed. 110 LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. IV. We must not forget to record the fact that when reached Maponda, two years afterwards, to ascertainwhether the Doctor really had been murdered, as Musadeclared, he was most hospitably received by the chief,who had by this time a great appreciation of everythingEnglish.] The lines of tattoo of the different tribes serve for orna-ments, and are resorted to most by the women; it is a sortof heraldry closely resembling the Highland Manganja and Macbinga women (from a Drawing by tbe late Dr. Meller). ( ni ) CHAPTEE V. Crosses Cape Maclear. The havildar demoralised. The discomfited Marengas town. The earth-sponge. Description of Marengastown. Rumours of Mazitu. Musa and the Johanna men Kimsusas. His delight at seeing the Doctor once fat ram. Kimsusa relates his experience of Livingstones finds relatives. Kimsusa solves the transport difficulty old fishing acquaintance. Description of the people andcountry on the west of the Lake. The Kanthundas. Kauma. Iron-smelting. An African Sir Colin Campbell. Milandos. 21st September, 1866. — We marched westwards, makingacross the base of Cape Maclear. Two men employed asguides and carriers, went along grumbling that their dignity-was so outraged by working— only fancy Waiyau carryinglike slaves !! They went but a short distance, and took ad-vantag
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