WereachedourfriendShinte，andreceivedaheartywelcomefromthisfriendlyoldman，andabundantprovisionsofthebesthehad。
Onhearingthereportofthejourneygivenbymycompanions，andreceivingapieceofcottonclothabouttwoyardssquare，hesaid，“TheseMambaricheatusbybringinglittlepiecesonly；
butthenexttimeyoupassIshallsendmenwithyoutotradeformeinLoanda。”WhenIexplainedtheusemadeoftheslaveshesold，andthathewasjustdestroyinghisowntribebysellinghispeople，andenlargingthatoftheMambariforthesakeofthesesmallpiecesofcloth，itseemedtohimquiteanewideaHeenteredintoalongdetailofhistroubleswithMasiko，whohadpreventedhimfromcultivatingthatfriendshipwiththeMakololowhichIhadinculcated，andhadevenplunderedthemessengershehadsentwithKolimbotatotheBarotsevalleyShintewasparticularlyanxioustoexplainthatKolimbotahadremainedaftermydepartureofhisownaccord，andthathehadengagedinthequarrelsofthecountrywithoutbeinginvited；
that，inattemptingtocaptureoneofthechildrenofaBalobaleman，whohadoffendedtheBalondabytakinghoneyfromahivewhichdidnotbelongtohim，Kolimbotahadgotwoundedbyashotinthethigh，butthathehadcuredthewound，givenhimawife，andsentapresentofclothtoSekeletu，withafullaccountofthewholeaffair。
FromthestatementofShintewefoundthatKolimbotahadlearned，beforewelefthistown，thatthewayweintendedtotakewassodangerousthatitwouldbebetterforhimtoleaveustoourfate；