The good Lord look on it.
_26th April, 1871._--Chitovu called nine slaves bought by Abed's people from the Kuss country, west of the Lualaba, and asked them about their tribes and country for me.

One, with his upper front teeth extracted, was of the tribe Maloba, on the other side of the Loeki, another comes from the River Lombadzo, or Lombazo, which is west of Loeki (this may be another name for the Lomame), the country is called Nanga, and the tribe Nongo, chief Mpunzo.

The Malobo tribe is under the chiefs Yunga and Lomadyo.

Another toothless boy said that he came from the Lomame: the upper teeth extracted seem to say that the tribe have cattle; the knocking out the teeth is in imitation of the animals they almost worship.

No traders had ever visited them; this promises ivory to the present visitors: all that is now done with the ivory there is to make rude blowing horns and bracelets.
_27th April, 1871._--Waiting wearily and anxiously; we cannot move people who are far off and make them come near with news.