They crossed about forty smaller rivers over the River Mohunga, breast deep.

The River of Mbite also is large.

All along Lualaba and Metumbe the sheep have hairy dew-laps, no wool, Tartar breed ( ?), small thin tails.
A broad belt of meadow-land, with no trees, lies along Lualaba, beyond that it is all dense forest, and trees so large, that one lying across the path is breast high: clearances exist only around the villages.

The people are very expert smiths and weavers of the "Lamba," and make fine large spears, knives, and needles.

Market-places, called "Tokos," are numerous all along Lualaba; to these the Barua of the other bank come daily in large canoes, bringing grass-cloth, salt, flour, cassava, fowls, goats, pigs, and slaves.