[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 by David Livingstone]@TWC D-Link book
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873

CHAPTER I
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"At Guha people never steal," and I believe this is true.
_7th August, 1869._--The guide having arrived, we marched 2-1/4 hours west and crossed the River Logumba, about forty yards broad and knee deep, with a rapid current between deep cut banks; it rises in the western Kabogo range, and flows about S.W.into Tanganyika.

Much dura or _Holcus sorghum_ is cultivated on the rich alluvial soil on its banks by the Guha people.
_8th August, 1869._--West through open forest; very undulating, and the path full of angular fragments of quartz.

We see mountains in the distance.
_9th-10th August, 1869._--Westwards to Makhato's village, and met a company of natives beating a drum as they came near; this is the peace signal; if war is meant the attack is quiet and stealthy.

There are plenty of Masuko trees laden with fruit, but unripe.

It is cold at night, but dry, and the people sleep with only a fence at their heads, but I have a shed built at every camp as a protection for the loads, and sleep in it.
Any ascent, though gentle, makes me blow since the attack of pneumonia; if it is inclined to an angle of 45 deg., 100 or 150 yards make me stop to pant in distress.
_11th August, 1869._--Came to a village of Ba Rua, surrounded by hills of some 200 feet above the plain; trees sparse.
_12th-13th August, 1869._--At villages of Mekheto.


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