mapampa

Updated: August 29, 2026

We went along a rivulet till it ended in a small lake, Mapampa or Chimbwé, about five miles long, and one and a half broad. It had hippopotami, and the poku fed on its banks. 15th January, 1867. We had to cross the Chimbwé at its eastern end, where it is fully a mile wide.

David Livingstone - The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868