he dictation of every
one we met. When Intemese, our guide, refused to stir toward the Leeba
on the 31st of January, they would make no effort to induce him to go;
but, having ordered them to get ready, Intemese saw the preparations,
and soon followed the example. It took us about four hours to cross the
Leeba, which is considerably smaller here than where we left it--indeed,
only about a hundred yards wide. It has the same dark mossy hue. The
villagers lent us canoes to effect our passage; and, having gone to
a village about two miles beyond the river, I had the satisfaction of
getting observations for both longitude and latitude--for the former,
the distance between Saturn and the Moon, and for the latter a meridian
altitude of Canopus. Long. 22d 57' E., lat. 12d 6' 6" S.

These were the only opportunities I had of ascertaining my whereabouts
in this part of Londa. Again and again did I take out the instruments,
and, just as all was right, the stars would be suddenly obscured by
clouds. I had never observed so great an amount of cloudiness in any
part of the south country; and as for the rains, I believe that years
at Kolobeng would not have made my little tent so rotten and thin as one
month had done in Londa. I never observed in the south the heavy night
and early morning rains we had in this country. They often continued all
night, then became heavier about an hour before dawn. Or if fair during
the night, as day drew nigh, an extremely heavy, still, pouring rain set
in without warning. Five out of every six days we had this pouring rain,
at or near break of day, for months together; and it soon beat my tent
so thin, that a mist fell through on my face and made every thing damp.
The rains were occasionally, but not always, accompanied with very loud
thunder.

FEBRUARY 1ST. This day we had a fine view of two hills called Piri
(Peeri), meaning "two", on the side of the river we had left. The
country there is named Mokwankwa. And there Intemese informed us one of
Shinte's children was born, when he was in his progress southward from
the country of Matiamvo. This part of the country would thus seem not to
have been inhabited by the people of Shinte at any very remote period.
He told me himself that he had come into his present country by command
of Matiamvo.

Here we were surprised to hear English cotton cloth much more eagerly
inquired after than beads and ornaments. They are more in need of
clothing than the Bechu