Mbarawa got his ivory on the Lindi, or as he says, "Urindi," which has black water, and is very large: an arrow could not be shot across its stream, 400 or 500 yards wide, it had to be crossed by canoes, and goes into Lualaba.

It is curious that all think it necessary to say to me, "The Manyuema are bad, very bad;" the Balegga will be let alone, because they can fight, and we shall hear nothing of their badness.
_10th October, 1870._--I came out of my hut to-day, after being confined to it since the 22nd July, or eighty days, by irritable ulcers on the feet.

The last twenty days I suffered from fever, which reduced my strength, taking away my voice, and purging me.

My appetite was good, but the third mouthful of any food caused nausea and vomiting--purging took place and profuse sweating; it was choleraic, and how many Manyuema died of it we could not ascertain.

While this epidemic raged here, we heard of cholera terribly severe on the way to the coast.