Nature -- Suspicion of the Balonda -- Sekelenke's Present -- A Man and his two Wives -- Hunters -- Message from Manenko, a female Chief -- Mambari Traders -- A Dream -- Sheakondo and his People -- Teeth-filing -- Desire for Butter -- Interview with Nyamoana, another female Chief -- Court Etiquette -- Hair versus Wool -- Increase of Superstition -- Arrival of Manenko; her Appearance and Husband -- Mode of Salutation -- Anklets -- Embassy, with a Present from Masiko -- Roast Beef -- Manioc -- Magic Lantern -- Manenko an accomplished Scold: compels us to wait -- Unsuccessful Zebra-hunt.
Chapter 16.
Nyamoana's Present -- Charms -- Manenko's pedestrian Powers -- An Idol -- Balonda Arms -- Rain -- Hunger -- Palisades -- Dense Forests -- Artificial Beehives -- Mushrooms -- Villagers lend the Roofs of their Houses -- Divination and Idols -- Manenko's Whims -- A night Alarm -- Shinte's Messengers and Present -- The proper Way to approach a Village -- A Merman -- Enter Shinte's Town: its Appearance -- Meet two half-caste Slave-traders -- The Makololo scorn them -- The Balonda real Negroes -- Grand Reception from Shinte -- His Kotla -- Ceremony of Introduction -- The Orators -- Women -- Musicians and Musical Instruments -- A disagreeable Request -- Private Interviews with Shinte -- Give him an Ox -- Fertility of Soil -- Manenko's new Hut -- Conversation with Shinte -- Kolimbota's Proposal -- Balonda's Punctiliousness -- Selling Children -- Kidnapping -- Shinte's Offer of a Slave -- Magic Lantern -- Alarm of Women -- Delay -- Sambanza returns intoxicated -- The last and greatest Proof of Shinte's Friendship.
Chapter 17.
Leave Shinte -- Manioc Gardens -- Mode of preparing the poisonous kind -- Its general Use -- Presents of Food -- Punctiliousness of the Balonda -- Their Idols and Superstition -- Dress of the Balonda -- Villages beyond Lonaje -- Cazembe -- Our Guides and the Makololo -- Night Rains -- Inquiries for English cotton Goods -- Intemese's Fiction -- Visit from an old Man -- Theft -- Industry of our Guide -- Loss of Pontoon -- Plains covered with Water -- Affection of the Balonda for their Mothers -- A Night on an Island -- The Grass on the Plains -- Source of the Rivers -- Loan of the Roofs of Huts -- A Halt -- Fertility of the Country through which the Lokalueje flows -- Omnivorous Fish -- Natives' Mode of catching them -- The Village of a Half-brother of Katema, his Speech and Present -- Our Guide's Perversity -- Mozenkwa's pleasant Home and Family -- Clear Water of the flooded Rivers -- A Messenger from Katema -- Quendende's Village: his Kindness -- Crop of Wool -- Meet People from the Town of Matiamvo -- Fireside Talk -- Matiamvo's Character and Conduct -- Presentation at Katema's Court: his Present, good Sense, and Appearance -- Interview on the following Day -- Cattle -- A Feast and a Makololo Dance -- Arrest of a Fugitive -- Dignified old Courtier -- Katema's lax Government -- Cold Wind from the North -- Canaries and other singing Birds -- Spiders, their Nests and Webs -- Lake Dilolo -- Tradition -- Sagacity of Ants.
Chapter 18.
The Watershed between the northern and southern Rivers -- A deep Valley -- Rustic Bridge -- Fountains on the Slopes of the Valleys -- Village of Kabinje -- Good Effects of the Belief in the Power of Charms -- Demand for Gunpowder and English Calico -- The Kasai -- Vexatious Trick -- Want of Food -- No Game -- Katende's unreasonable Demand -- A grave Offense -- Toll-bridge Keeper -- Greedy Guides -- Flooded Valleys -- Swim the Nyuana Loke -- Prompt Kindness of my Men -- Makololo Remarks on the rich uncultivated Valleys -- Difference in the Color of Africans -- Reach a Village of the Chiboque -- The Head Man's impudent Message -- Surrounds our Encampment with his Warriors -- The Pretense -- Their Demand -- Prospect of a Fight -- Way in which it was averted -- Change our Path -- Summer -- Fever -- Beehives and the Honey-guide -- Instinct of Trees -- Climbers -- The Ox Sinbad -- Absence of Thorns in the Forests -- Plant peculiar to a forsaken Garden -- Bad Guides -- Insubordination suppressed -- Beset by Enemies -- A Robber Party -- More Troubles -- Detained by Ionga Panza -- His Village -- Annoyed by Bangala Traders -- My Men discouraged -- Their Determination and Precaution.
Chapter 19.
Guides prepaid -- Bark Canoes -- Deserted by Guides -- Mistakes respecting the Coanza -- Feelings of freed Slaves -- Gardens and Villages -- Native Traders -- A Grave -- Valley of the Quango -- Bamboo -- White Larvae used as Food -- Bashinje Insolence -- A posing Question -- The Chief Sansawe
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