A good breeze, however, enabled the gig to get away from them with ease.

After sailing twelve or fifteen miles, north of the point where Dr.Livingstone had left them, it was decided that he must be behind; but no sooner had the boat's head been turned south, than another gale compelled her to seek shelter in a bay.

Here a number of wretched fugitives from the slave-trade on the opposite shore of the lake were found; the original inhabitants of the place had all been swept off the year before by the Mazitu.

In the deserted gardens beautiful cotton was seen growing, much of it had the staple an inch and a half long, and of very fine quality.

Some of the plants were uncommonly large, deserving to be ranked with trees.
On their trying to purchase food, the natives had nothing to sell except a little dried cassava-root, and a few fish: and they demanded two yards of calico for the head only of a large fish.