I therefore gave Wikatani some cloth, a flint gun instead of the percussion one he carried, some flints, paper to write upon, and commended him to Mponda's care till his relatives arrived.

He has lately shown a good deal of levity, and perhaps it is best that he should have a touch of what the world is in reality.
[In a letter written about this time Dr.Livingstone, in speaking of Wikatani, says, "He met with a brother, and found that he had two brothers and one or two sisters living down at the western shore of Lake Pamelombe under Kabinga.

He thought that his relatives would not again sell him.

I had asked him if he wished to remain, and he at once said yes, so I did not attempt to dissuade him: his excessive levity will perhaps be cooled by marriage.

I think he may do good by telling some of what he has seen and heard.