The people seized three slaves who lagged behind, but hearing a gun fired at guinea-fowls let them go.

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_14th September, 1869._--Up and down hills perpetually.

We went down into some deep dells, filled with gigantic trees, and I measured one twenty feet in circumference, and sixty or seventy feet high to the first branches; others seemed fit to be ship's spars.

Large lichens covered many and numerous new plants appeared on the ground.
_15th September, 1869._--Got clear of the mountains after 1-1/2 hour, and then the vast valley of Mamba opened out before us; very beautiful, and much of it cleared of trees.

Met Dugumbe carrying 18,000 lbs.