[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 by David Livingstone]@TWC D-Link bookThe Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 CHAPTER IX 46/55
The trees are all cut down for these stockades, and the flats are cut up with deep gullies.
A great deal of cotton is cultivated, of which the people make their cloth.
There is an arm of Tanganyika here called Kafungia. I sent a doti to the headman of the village, where we made the litter, to ask for a guide to take us straight south instead of going east to Fipa, which is four days off and out of our course.
Tipo Tipo is said to be at Morero, west of Tanganyika. _22nd October, 1872._--Turned back westwards, and went through the hills down to some large islets in the Lake, and camped in villages destroyed by Simba.
A great deal of cotton is cultivated here, about thirty feet above the Lake. _23rd October, 1872._--First east, and then passed two deep bays, at one of which we put up, as they had food to sell.
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