. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa. ined another day. Acuriously cut-out stool is inmy hut, made by the Mkwisa,who are south-west of this:it is of one block, but hol-lowed out, and all the spaces Curiously cut-out Stool made of one block of indicated are hollow too : wood hollowed out. about 21 feet long by H foot high. 12th October.—We march westerly, with a good dealof southing. Kulu gave us a goat, and cooked liberally forus all. He set off with us as if to go to Kaumas in ourcompany, but after we had gone a couple of miles he slippedbehind, and ran away. Some are n
. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in central Africa. ined another day. Acuriously cut-out stool is inmy hut, made by the Mkwisa,who are south-west of this:it is of one block, but hol-lowed out, and all the spaces Curiously cut-out Stool made of one block of indicated are hollow too : wood hollowed out. about 21 feet long by H foot high. 12th October.—We march westerly, with a good dealof southing. Kulu gave us a goat, and cooked liberally forus all. He set off with us as if to go to Kaumas in ourcompany, but after we had gone a couple of miles he slippedbehind, and ran away. Some are naturally mean, and somenaturally noble : the mean cannot help showing theirnature, nor can the noble ; but the noble-hearted must enjoylife most. Kulu got a cloth, and he gave us at least itsvalue; but he thought he had got more than he gave, andso by running away that he had done us nicely, withouttroubling himself to go and introduce us to Kauma. Iusually request a headman of a village to go with give a good report of us, if for no other reason. 128 LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. V. than for their own credit, because no one likes to bethought giving his countenance to people other thanrespectable, and it costs little. We came close to the foot of several squarish mountains,having perpendicular sides. One, called Ulazo pa Ma-lungo, is used by the people, whose villages cluster roundits base as a storehouse for grain. Large granaries standon its top, containing food to be used in case of war. Alarge cow is kept up there, which is supposed capableof knowing and letting the owners know when war iscoming.* There is a path up, but it was not visible to people are all Kanthunda, or climbers, not said that he was the only Maravi chief, butthis I took to be an ebullition of beer bragging: thenatives up here, however, confirm this, and assert thatthey are not Maravi, who are known by having markingsdown the side of the face. We spent the night at a K
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