"Oh! they like you, but hate us." One man gave me an iron ring, and all seemed inclined to be friendly, yet they are undoubtedly bloodthirsty to other Manyuema, and kill each other.
I am told that journeying inland the safe way to avoid tsetse in going to Merere's is to go to Mdonge, Makinde, Zungomero, Masapi, Irundu, Nyangore, then turn north to the Nyannugams, and thence to Nyembe, and so on south to Merere's.

A woman chief lies in the straight way to Merere, but no cattle live in the land.

Another insect lights on the animals, and when licked off bites the tongue, or breeds, and is fatal as well as tsetse: it is larger in size.

Tipo Tipo and Syde bin Ali come to Nyembe, thence to Nsama's, cross Lualaba at Mpweto's, follow left bank of that river till they cross the next Lualaba, and so into Lunda of Matiamvo.

Much ivory may be obtained by this course, and it shows enterprise.