Year: 1860

: erS, for the shore branches OF occasionally
, and forms islands. The upper part of the
T valley is well peopled, and many of the
, hills are cultivated high up. But never
t having seen Europeans before they looked
) on US with great suspicion. They watched
us constantly. we'll armed with bows and
poisoned arrows, ready to repel any attack.
but no in;ivility WIS offered when we
landed, nor were our wooding party moles-
, ted We obtained what may be consider
el reliable information that the Shire actu-
ally does flow out of Lake Nylnga. We
Brought up by cataract, but five days be-
yonl this point the water is smooth again,
AMI Arabs came DOWN in cInoes from Ny
angl thither. Seeing the suspicion We had
aroused, we deemed it unsafe to leave the
vessel anl 60 overland. But no collision
t,ok place. The greatest coward fires first
so, thinking we had as much pluck as them.
we did not lift gun, though We were
ready to fire. or rather shoot. We dill
nothing to make us ashamed to return, and
mean to do so next month; and if He have
their confidence we may 60 further. They
hId abundance of provisions. AMI sold at a
cheap rate. Also cotton Of two kinds. one
Indigenous, short in the staple but very
strong, and wOolly to the feeling. the other
very fine, and long in the staple We
lrought a number of specimens of their
spindles and yarn, and as it was quite
equal to American Uplands did not offer
them any American seed. The cotton plant
is met with everywhere, and though burn
ell down annually springs up again as
fresh and strong as ever. They grow sugars
cine. too. bananas, &c. The men are said
by the Portuguese to be very intelligent.
but very mild. The women wear the lip
ornament, around one of which l put my
pen. The slit is made in the upper lip at
first, by a ring in childhood. The ends are
gradually pressed closer together, and cause
absorption till hole is made. This is en-
llrged 10y bits of reed, till in 4 lady of fash
ion ring, either hollow or cup-shapcd, is
Inserted, and the edge of the lip protru les
beyond the perpendicular of the nose at
least an inch. am thus particular in
case our own ladies, who show 4 noble per-
severance when fashion dictates, may wish
to adopt lip ornaments.


Above this we have a rapid, called ZEBRA,
or rather Kaorablsa. When the water is
low it shows deep grove, with perpendic-
uiar sides. When steaming up this the
min at the lead kept calling mo bottom
at ten fathoms. and the top of the grove
tJwered from 80 to so feet above our deck.
1t is from 60 to SO yards wide, but at this
season is comparatively smooth. There
were some ,cataracts in it which high water
obliterates. This steamer is too weak to
ascend. She being only ten horsepower
and her plates l-l6 OF an inch thick. we
dare not try her in the rapids We shall
work down here some time yet. long to
lead back my faithful Mack 10. who are
still at Telle, though thirty of them died of
tie smallpox. and six were killed by a
ncighboring chief


l shall refer to one point more before
concluding. We were warned by the fate
of the Niger expedition, not to delay among
the mangrove swamps of the Delta-the
ve y hOt-bels Of the fever We according
ly ma e all haste to away, AMI we took drily
a quantity of quinine. The period of the
year | selected, though not the most favor
able for navigation, was the most so for
health; and, thank God, our precautions
were successful.


Tho Kroomen from Sierra Leone have
had more of it than we, until short time
ago, when it being the most unhealthy sea-
son of the year, and even to the natives.
three of US have had touches of the COM
plaint, but are all now quite well. have
never had days illness since my return.
We find, too, that so far from Europeans
being unable to work in a hot climate, it is
the want of wOrl; that kills them. The
POrtugcse all know, that SO long as they
are moving about. they enjoy good health.
but let them settle down AMI smoke all day,
and drink brandy, thcn-not a word about
brandy in the fever that follows-the blame
Is all put on the climate l am, &c,


DAVID LIVINGSTONE.