A man came to the bridge to ask for toll-fee: as it was composed of one stick only, and unfit for our use because rotten, I agreed to pay provided he made it fit for our large company; but if I re-made and enlarged it, I said he ought to give me a goat for the labour.

He slunk away, and we laid large trees across, where previously there was but one rotten pole.
_29th November, 1872._--Crossed the Loozi in two branches, and climbed up the gentle ascent of Malembe to the village of Chiwe, whom I formerly called Chibwe, being misled by the Yao tongue.

Ilamba is the name of the rill at his place.

The Loozi's two branches were waist deep.

The first was crossed by a natural bridge of a fig-tree growing across.