We unfortunately could not manage without him, for the country was so deluged, we should have been brought to a halt before we went many miles by some deep valley, every one of which was full of water.

Intemese continued to plait his basket with all his might, and would not come to our religious service.

He seemed to be afraid of our incantations, but was always merry and jocular.
6TH.

Soon after starting we crossed a branch of the Lokalueje by means of a canoe, and in the afternoon passed over the main stream by a like conveyance.

The former, as is the case with all branches of rivers in this country, is called nyuana Kalueje (child of the Kalueje).
Hippopotami exist in the Lokalueje, so it may be inferred to be perennial, as the inhabitants asserted.