I have eaten them in Lunda of a pungent bitter taste, probably arising from the food on which the fish feeds.

Men say that they have seen the eggs kept in the sides of the mouth till ready to go off as independent fishes.

The nghede-dege, a species of perch, and another, the ndusi, are said to do the same.

The Arabs imagine that fish in general fall from the skies, but they except the shark, because they can see the young when it is cut open.
_10th July, 1869._--After a great deal of delay and trouble about a canoe, we got one from Habee for ten dotis or forty yards of calico, and a doti or four yards to each of nine paddlers to bring the vessel back.
Thani and Zahor blamed me for not taking their canoes for nothing; but they took good care not to give them, but made vague offers, which meant, "We want much higher pay for our dhows than Arabs generally get:" they showed such an intention to fleece me that I was glad to get out of their power, and save the few goods I had.

I went a few miles, when two strangers I had allowed to embark (from being under obligations to their masters), worked against each other: so I had to let one land, and but for his master would have dismissed the other: I had to send an apology to the landed man's master for politeness' sake.
[It is necessary to say a few words here, so unostentatiously does Livingstone introduce this new series of explorations to the reader.