are unable to make them themselves, and buy them from the little forest people with fish and pottery. Neither do they fight, and, at the first sign of disturbance in a district near to them, they drop down the river one or two hundred miles, and are within an hour hopelessly beyond chase.

They constantly brought us information about the doings of the Arabs (for which, of course, we paid them), and then went direct from us back to the town, and told the Arabs all about us. Though we knew this, and taunted them with double-dealing, they were quite unconcerned. After we had been some time in camp, Dhanis ordered Lutete to build a canoe. In addition to this a boat was on the road to us from Lusambo, and with these two we hoped to be able to get together some of the canoes from the other side of the river.