The continuance of this attack was a source of much regret, for we went on next day to a small rivulet called Chihune, in a lovely valley, and had, for a wonder, a clear sky and a clear moon; but such was the confusion produced in my mind by the state of my body, that I could scarcely manage, after some hours' trial, to get a lunar observation in which I could repose confidence.

The Chihune flows into the Longe, and that into the Chihombo, a feeder of the Kasai.

Those who know the difficulties of taking altitudes, times, and distances, and committing all of them to paper, will sympathize with me in this and many similar instances.

While at Chihune, the men of a village brought wax for sale, and, on finding that we wished honey, went off and soon brought a hive.

All the bees in the country are in possession of the natives, for they place hives sufficient for them all.