In some cases the doorways are level with the country adjacent: in others, ladders are used to climb up to them; inside they are said to be very large, and not the work of men, but of God.

The people have plenty of fowls, and they too obtain shelter in these Troglodyte habitations.
_23rd February, 1868._--I was visited by an important chief called Chape, who said that he wanted to make friends with the English.

He, Chisapi, Sama, Muabo, Karembwe, are of one tribe or family, the Oanza: he did not beg anything, and promised to send me a goat.
FOOTNOTES: [59] Kirwa and its various corruptions, such as Shirwa, Chirua, and Kiroa, perpetually recur in Africa, and would almost seem to stand for "the island."-- ED..