nor varied [↪ The Senegal long claw however maintains its place
2and is the largest bird seen - We saw a butcher bird
3in a trap as
4we passed] There are Remarkably few small animals
5they having been hunted almost to extinction few
6insects except ants wh abound in considerable number
7and variety [↪ There are
8scarcely any
9common flies
10to be seen nor
11are we ever ?
12troubled by
13mosquitoes ] // The air is still hot and oppressive [↪ The intensely
14bright sunlight
15glances peace
16fully on the
17evergreen
18forest leaves
19and all feel
20glad when
21the path
22comes into
23the shade]
24The want of life in ' scenery made me long to tread
25again ' banks ` ' Zambesi and see ' graceful antelopes
26feeding beside ' dark buffalo and sleek elands
27Here hippopotami are known to exist only by '
28footprints on ' banks        No one is ever seen to blow
292 & 3 or put his head up at all They have learned to
30pp. 454-456 breathe in silence and ^ keep out of sight        We never
31heard one uttering ' snorting sound so common on the
32Zambesi          We crossed two small streams
33 [↪ Kangesi
34the Kanesi &
35Fombeji] before reaching Cabango a village situated on '
36banks of ' river Chihombo            The country
37was becoming more densely peopled as we pro-
38ceded but it bears no population compared to
39what it might easily sustain     provisions
40were to be had in great abundance a fowl
41and basket ` meal weighing 20lbs were sold for
421 ½ yds of very inferior cotton cloth worth not
43more than 3 pence     An idea ` ' cheapness of
44food may be formed from ' fact that Capt
45Neves purchased 380lbs ` tobacco from ' Bangalas
46for about 2 pounds Sterling This when carried into
47Central Londa might purchase seven thousand
48five hundred fowls or feed with meal & fowls
49seven thousand persons for one day giving each a fowl
50and 5 lbs ` meal            When food is purchased
51here with either salt or coarse calico 4 persons
52can be well fed with animal & vegetable
53food at ' rate ` one penny a day -     The Chief
54vegetable food is ' manioc and lotsa meal

They These contain a very large proportion ` starch 0004 0005
1and when eaten alone for any length ` time pro-
2duce most distressing heartburn and as we ourselves
3experienced in coming north cause a weakness ` vision
4as occurs in 'case ` animals fed on pure gluten or
5amyllaceous matter only - I now discovered that
6when these starchy substances are eaten along
7with a proportion of earthnuts pu wh ^ contain sweet-oil
8` essence is made [a considerable
9quantity of oil] no injurious effects follow

While on ' way to Cabango we saw fresh tracks
11` elands the first we had seenobserved in this country
12a poor little slave girl belonging to being sick turned
13aside in ' path and though we waited all ' next day
14making search for her she was lost probably she
15she was tall and slender for her age as if of too quick
16growth and probably unable to bear ' fatigue ` the
17march lay down and slept in ' forest then
18waking in ' dark went farther and farther
19astray        The treatment ` ' slaves when witnessed
20by my men certainly did not raise slaveholders
21in their estimation Their usual exclamation
22was "Ga ba na pelu" (They have no heart) and
23added in reference to ' slaves "Why do they let them?"
24as if they thought that ' slaves had ^ a' natural right to
25rid ' world ` such heartless creatures and ought
26to do it                The uneasiness ` ' trader is {was} continually
27showing itself and upon ' whole he had reason to be
28on ' alert both day & night        the carriers stole
29perpetually ' goods entrusted to their care and
30he could not openly accuse them lest they
31might plunder him of all and leave him quite
32in the lurch -     he could only hope to manage
33them after getting all ' remaining good safely into
34a house in Cabango        then he might deduct
35something from their pay for what they had purloined