_8th February, 1872._--Removed from the large pool of the nullah, about an hour north, to where game abounds. Saw giraffes and zebras on our way. The nullah is covered with lotus-plants, and swarms with crocodiles. _9th February, 1872._--Remained for game, but we were unsuccessful. An eland was shot by Mr. Stanley, but it was lost. Departed at 2 P.M., and reached Manyara, a kind old chief. The country is flat, and covered with detached masses of forest, with open glades and flats. _10th February, 1872._--Leave Manyara and pass along the same park-like country, with but little water. The rain sinks into the sandy soil at once, and the collection is seldom seen. After a hard tramp we came to a pool by a sycamore-tree, 28 feet 9 inches in circumference, with broad fruit-laden branches. Ziwané. _11th February, 1872._--Rain nearly all night. Scarcely a day has passed without rain and thunder since we left Tanganyika Across a flat forest again, meeting a caravan for Ujiji. The grass is three feet high, and in seed. Reach Chikuru, a stockaded village, with dura plantations around it and pools of rain-water. _12th February, 1872._--Rest. _13th February, 1872._--Leave Chikuru, and wade across an open flat with much standing-water. They plant rice on the wet land round the villages. Our path lies through an open forest, where many trees are killed for the sake of the bark, which is used as cloth, and for roofing and beds. Mr. Stanley has severe fever. _14th February, 1872._--Across the same flat open forest, with scraggy trees and grass three feet long in tufts. Came to a Boma. N.E. Gunda. _15th February, 1872._--Over the same kind of country, where the water was stagnant, to camp in the forest. _16th February, 1872._--Camp near Kigando, in a rolling country with granite knolls. _17th February, 1872._--Over a country, chiefly level, with stagnant water; rounded hills were seen. Cross a rain torrent and encamp in a new Boma, Magonda. _18th February, 1872._--Go through low tree-covered hills of granite, with blocks of rock sticking out: much land cultivated, and many villages. The country now opens out and we come to the Tembé,[16] in the midst of many straggling villages. Unyanyembé. Thanks to the Almighty. FOOTNOTES: [14] The reader will best judge of the success of the experiment by looking at a specimen of the writing. An old sheet of the _Standard_ newspaper, made into rough copy-books, sufficed for paper in the absence of all other material, and by writing across the print no doubt the notes were tolerably legible at the time. The colour of the decoction used instead of ink has faded so much that if Dr. Livingstone's handwriting had not at all times been beautifully clear and distinct it would have been impossible to decipher this part of his diary.--Ed. [15] Thus the question of the Lusizé was settled at once: the previous notion of its outflow to the north proved a myth.--ED. [16] Tembé, a flat-roofed Arab house. CHAPTER VII.