[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by David Livingstone]@TWC D-Link bookThe Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 CHAPTER III 14/46
I suppose they took us for Arabs, as they addressed Musa.
They then took some green maize, and so did some of my people, believing that as all was going, they who were really starving might as well have a share. I went on a little way with the two marauders, and by the footprints thought the whole party might amount to four or five with guns; the gardens and huts were all deserted.
A poor woman was sitting, cooking green maize, and one of the men ordered her to follow him.
I said to him, "Let her alone, she is dying." "Yes," said he, "of hunger," and went'on without her. We passed village after village, and gardens all deserted! We were now between two contending parties.
We slept at one garden; and as we were told by Chenjewala's people to take what we liked, and my men had no food, we gleaned what congo beans, bean leaves, and sorghum stalks we could,--poor fare enough, but all we could get. _29th June, 1866._--We came onto Machemba's brother, Chimseia, who gave us food at once.
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