6th May, 1868.—­Manoel Caetano Pereira visited Casembe in 1796, or seventy-two years ago:  his native name was Moendo-mondo, or the world’s leg—­“world-wide traveller!” He came to Mandapala, for there the Casembe of the time resided, and he had a priest or “Kasise” with him, and many people with guns.  Perembe, the oldest man now in Lunda, had children even then:  if Perembe were thirty years of age at that period he would now be 102 years old, and he seems quite that, for when Dr. Lacerda came he had forty children.  He says that Pereira fired off all his guns on his arrival, and Casembe asking him what he meant by that, he replied, “These guns ask for slaves and ivory,” both of which were liberally given.

I could not induce Perembe to tell anything of times previous to his own.  Moendo-mondo, the world’s leg (Pereira), told Dr. Lacerda that the natives called him “The Terror!”—­a bit of vanity, for they have no such word or abstract term in their language.

When Major Monteiro was here the town of Casembe was on the same spot as now, but the Mosumba, or enclosure of the chief, was about 500 yards S.E. of the present one.  Monteiro went nowhere and did nothing, but some of his attendants went over to the Luapula, some six miles distant.  He complains in his book of having been robbed by the Casembe of the time.  On asking the present occupant of the office why Monteiro’s goods were taken from him, he replied, that he was then living at another village and did not know of the affair.  Mohamad bin Saleh was present, and he says that Monteiro’s statement is false:  no goods were forced from him; but it was a year of scarcity, and Monteiro had to spend his goods in buying food instead of slaves and ivory, and made up the tale of Casembe plundering him to appease his creditors.

A number of men were sent with Monteiro as an honorary escort.  Kapika, an old man now living, was the chief or one of the chiefs of this party, and he says that he went to Tette, Senna, and Quillimane with Monteiro:  this honorary escort seems confirmatory of Mohamad’s explanation, for had Casembe robbed the Major none would have been granted or received.

It is warmer here than we found it in the way; clouds cover the sky and prevent radiation.  The sorghum is now in full ear.  People make very neat mats of the leaves of the Shuare palm.  I got lunars this time.

9th May, 1868.—­Eight or ten men went past us this morning, sent by the chief to catch people whom he intends to send to his paramount chief, Matiamvo, as a tribute of slaves.  Perembe gives the following list of the Casembes:—­

    I. KANYIMBE, came from Lunda, attracted by the
        fish of Mofwe and Moero, and conquered
        Perembe’s forefather, Katere, who planted the
        first palm-oil palms here from seeds got in
        Lunda.  It is probable that the intercourse
        then set afoot led to Kanyimbe’s coming and