Flies abound, and are very troublesome; they seem to be attracted by the great numbers of fish caught.

The people here are Babemba, but beyond the river Kalongosi they are all Balunda.
A trade in salt is carried on from different salt springs and salt mud to Lunda and elsewhere.

We meet parties of salt-traders daily, and they return our salutations very cordially, rubbing earth on the arms.
We find our path lies between two ranges of mountains, one flanking the eastern shore, the other about three miles more inland, and parallel to it: these are covered thickly with trees, and are of loosely-coherent granite: many villages are in the space enclosed by these ranges, but all insecure.
_12th November, 1867._ .-- We came to the Kalongosi, or, as the Arabs and Portuguese pronounce it, Karungwesi, about 60 yards wide, and flowing fast over stones.

It is deep enough, even now when the rainy season is not commenced, to requite canoes.

It is said to rise in Kumbi, or Afar, a country to the south-east of our ford.