Chungu says that we should put his head on a pole like Casembe's! We shall go on without him to-morrow.

The terror guns have inspired is extreme.
_11th January, 1873._--Chungu sent a goat and big basket of flour, and excused his fears because guns had routed Casembe and his head was put on a pole; it was his young men that raised the noise.

We remain to buy food, as there is scarcity at Mombo, in front.

Cold and rainy weather, never saw the like; but this is among the sponges of the Nile and near the northern shores of Bangweolo.
_12th January, 1873._--A dry day enabled us to move forward an hour to a rivulet and sponge, but by ascending it we came to its head and walked over dryshod, then one hour to another broad rivulet--Pinda, sluggish, and having 100 yards of sponge on each side.

This had a stockaded village, and the men in terror shut the gates.