They had their bows and arrows with them, and all ready for action.

I told them we had remained near them because they said we could not reach Kasonso that day.

Their headman had given us nothing.
After talking a while, and threatening to do a deal to-morrow, they left, and through an Almighty Providence nothing was attempted.

We moved on N.W.in forest, with long green tree-covered slopes on our right, and came to a village of Kasonso in a very lovely valley.

Great green valleys were now scooped out, and many, as the Kakanza, run into the Lovu.
_20th March, 1867._--The same features of country prevailed, indeed it was impossible to count the streams flowing N.W.We found Kasonso situated at the confluence of two streams; he shook hands a long while, and seems a frank sort of man.