He took us to a dense thicket behind his town, among numbers of lofty trees, many of which I have seen nowhere else; that under which we sat bears a fruit in clusters, which is eatable, and called "_Mbedwa_." A space had been cleared, and we were taken to this shady spot as the one in which business of importance and secrecy is transacted.

Another enormous basket of beer was brought here by his wives, but there was little need for it, for Kimsusa talked incessantly, and no business was done.
_3rd October, 1866._--The chief came early, and sober.

I rallied him on his previous loquacity, and said one ought to find time in the morning if business was to be done: he took it in good part, and one of his wives joined in bantering him.

She is _the_ wife and the mother of the sons in whom he delights, and who will succeed him.

I proposed to him to send men with me to the Babisa country, and I would pay them there, where they could buy ivory for him with the pay, and, bringing it back, he would be able to purchase clothing without selling his people.