He knew that we were near the Chambeze, but hid the knowledge and himself too.

It is terror of guns.
_17th January, 1873._--We are troubled for want of canoes, but have to treat gently with the owners, otherwise they would all run away, as they have around Chungu's, in the belief that we should return to punish their silly headman.

By waiting patiently yesterday, we drew about twenty canoes towards us this morning, but all too small for the donkey, so we had to turn away back north-west to the bridge above Chungu's.

If we had tried to swim the donkey across alongside a canoe it would have been terribly strained, as the Lopopussi is here quite two miles wide and full of rushes, except in the main stream.

It is all deep, and the country being very level as the rivulets come near to the Lake, they become very broad.