could possibly have been found. Had Sefu only defended this position, I doubt if we should ever have been able to take it; but he was still smarting after his rout at the Lomami, and was much alarmed by hearing of the death of Mohara, who was known to be the grandest old warrior west of Lake Tanganyika. A saying of Mohara's was well known in the country: “ I have never lost a battle which I personally conducted; I would rather die on the field than go home after it was lost.” One cannot help admiring this grand old slave-raider, who, after years of victory, preferred to die rather than leave the scene of his first defeat.

On the 20th January the Commandant struck camp, having suggested the night before that we might have a look at the Lualaba, in order that we might be able to say that we had seen it —