They will not answer common questions except by misstatements, but this may arise in our case from our being in disfavour, because we will not sell all our goods to them for ivory.
_30th December, 1866._--Marched for Chitemba's, because it is said he has not fled from the Mazitu, and therefore has food to spare.

While resting, Moerwa, with all his force of men, women, and dogs, came up, on his way to hunt elephants.

The men were furnished with big spears, and their dogs are used to engage the animal's attention while they spear it; the women cook the meat and make huts, and a smith goes with them to mend any spear that may be broken.
We pass over level plateaux on which the roads are wisely placed, and do not feel that we are travelling in a mountainous region.

It is all covered with dense forest, which in many cases is pollarded, from being cut for bark cloth or for hunting purposes.

Masuko fruit abounds.