ABSTRACT
May 8th, 1884.-1 set out with Senhor Porto, not without much pain and difficulty on my part, owing to an accident which 1 met with last night, and which, but for the mercy of God, might have been a very serious one. 1 had been repairing some guns for the Barotse, and on firing a breechloader the hinge of the block gave way, and my face and right eye were badly scorched by the explosion. To add to my misfortune, my riding ox was sent off by mistake in the early morning, so I had to be led by my little boy for ten weary miles, most of the way wading up to the knees in water, and then through rough bush. Reached the town of Kangete and camped there.
