His village was situated above the rapids, and when, in spite of his orders, we put in our appearance, he made the best of what he considered to be a bad job, and treated us very well From him we learned that we could continue paddling up the river for another three weeks without encountering any more rapids. This was probably not true, and I am sorry that we were unable to test its accuracy; for on the 31st of March, four days afterwards, we reached the mouth of the Lukuga, up which we turned. Before getting there I had rather an unpleasant experience. At Kiembenema village, which was situated half a mile from the shore on which we were encamped, a number of my men broke loose and started off looting into the village.

The chief came to me complaining of the treatment his people were receiving, but was pacified when,