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PR IN T ED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER XIV.
DAYS WITH KING SAKANH.
PAG ES Strangers m town—Prospects of a beer-drinking bout—Tbe great
Cbibinga dance—Native story-telling—Karemba’s tales of the
white man and of his own travels—Paying off the Inyota—An
unexpected gift—Karemba’s pathetic history—Settling with the
“ faithfuls ”—Last glimpse of them—-Bargaining with Sakanii,
or Senhor Rubero—Aqua ardiente—Bewitching the lion—Msenga
minstrels, dancers, and jugglers—Social anomalies—Hut teeming
with vermin—A lion attack—Number of people killed by lions—
Viciousness of wolves—The king tells the history of the town—
A great battle—Chuzu’s attack—“ Well, you did have a lucky
escape ! ”—Settling accounts with Rubero—Characteristics of the
country—Working for gold—Msenga slaves—Women’s work—
Products and industries—Abnormal Ups of Msenga women—
Teeth-filing—Adieu, Chibinga! ...................................................1-23
CHAPTER XV.
THE MAECH TO TETTE.
Manaman, the interpreter—Poor villages—The Dake river—Maranga
Baboons—Incidents of the chase—Sulks—Curing the toothache—“
Better halves ” and bargains—Daingi—Frightening the
water-carriers—A sociable old lady—A piebald Kaffir—Masecha
Occupations of the people—A remarkable exodus—Unsettled
tribes Can goats live in the “ fly .country ” ?—My condition
after eight months’ travel—A useless shot—Nothing to eat—
The Fema mountains— Zambesi! Zambesi! Senhor! ”—View
of the big river—Tette at last—Received by the governor . . 24—39
CHAPTER XVI.
■ TETTE, AND ACEOSS THE ZAMBESI.
The earliest shower of the season—Mysterious disappearance of a
day—Portuguese possessions in Eastern Africa—Zumbo—Tette