Mosauka brought us a present of a goat and basket of meal "to comfort our hearts." He told us that a large slave party, led by Arabs, were encamped close by.

They had been up to Cazembe's country the past year, and were on their way back, with plenty of slaves, ivory, and malachite.

In a few minutes half a dozen of the leaders came over to see us.

They were armed with long muskets, and, to our mind, were a villanous-looking lot.

They evidently thought the same of us, for they offered several young children for sale, but, when told that we were English, showed signs of fear, and decamped during the night.