Kulu got a cloth, and he gave us at least its value; but he thought he had got more than he gave, and so by running away that he had done us nicely, without troubling himself to go and introduce us to Kauma.

I usually request a headman of a village to go with us.

They give a good report of us, if for no other reason than for their own credit, because no one likes to be thought giving his countenance to people other than respectable, and it costs little.
We came close to the foot of several squarish mountains, having perpendicular sides.

One, called "Ulazo pa Malungo," is used by the people, whose villages cluster round its base as a storehouse for grain.

Large granaries stand on its top, containing food to be used in case of war.