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November 12th-14th, Schweidnitz went by capitulation; contrary to everybody's hope or fear; certainly a very short defence for such a fortress. Fault of the Commandant, was everybody's first thought. Not probably the best of Commandants, said others gradually; but his garrison had Saxons in it; one day "180 of them in a lump threw down their arms, in the trenches, and went over to the Enemy."
We notice a bird called namtambwé, which sings very nicely with a strong voice after dark here at the Misinjé confluence. 11th August, 1866. Two headmen came down country from villages where we slept, bringing us food, and asking how we are treated; they advise our going south to Mukaté's, where the Lake is narrow. 12th-14th August, 1866.