Chapter 30. An Elephant-Hunt - Offering And Prayers To The Barimo For Success - Native Mode Of Expression - Working Of Game-

Laws - A Feast - Laughing Hyaenas - Numerous Insects - Curious Notes of Birds of Song - Caterpillars - Butterflies - Silica - The Fruit Makoronga and

Elephants - Rhinoceros Adventure - Korwe Bird - Its Nest - A real Confinement - Honey and Beeswax - Superstitious Reverence for the Lion - Slow Traveling - Grapes - The Ue - Monina's Village - Native Names - Government of the Banyai - Electing a Chief - Youths instructed in "Bonyai" - Suspected of Falsehood - War-dance - Insanity and Disappearance of Monahin - Fruitless Search - Monina's Sympathy - The Sand-river Tangwe - The Ordeal Muavi: its Victims - An unreasonable Man - "Woman's Rights" - Presents - Temperance - A winding Course to shun Villages - Banyai Complexion and Hair - Mushrooms - The Tubers, Mokuri - The Tree Shekabakadzi - Face of the Country - Pot-holes - Pursued by a Party of Natives - Unpleasant Threat - Aroused by a Company of Soldiers - A civilized Breakfast - Arrival at Tete.

Chapter 31. Kind Reception from the Commandant - His Generosity to my Men - The Village of Tete - The Population - Distilled Spirits - The Fort - Cause of the Decadence of Portuguese Power - Former Trade - Slaves employed in Gold-washing - Slave-trade drained the Country of Laborers - The Rebel Nyaude's Stockade - He burns Tete - Kisaka's Revolt and Ravages - Extensive Field of Sugar-cane - The Commandant's good Reputation among the Natives - Providential Guidance - Seams of Coal - A hot Spring - Picturesque Country - Water-carriage to the Coal-fields - Workmen's Wages - Exports - Price of Provisions - Visit Gold-washings - The Process of obtaining the precious Metal - Coal within a Gold-field - Present from Major Sicard - Natives raise Wheat, etc. - Liberality of the Commandant - Geographical Information from Senhor Candido - Earthquakes - Native Ideas of a Supreme Being - Also of the Immortality and Transmigration of Souls - Fondness for Display at Funerals - Trade Restrictions - Former Jesuit Establishment - State of Religion and Education at Tete - Inundation of the Zambesi - Cotton cultivated - The fibrous Plants Conge and Buaze - Detained by Fever - The Kumbanzo Bark - Native Medicines - Iron, its Quality - Hear of Famine at Kilimane - Death of a Portuguese Lady - The Funeral - Disinterested Kindness of the Portuguese.

Chapter 32. Leave Tete and proceed down the River - Pass the Stockade of Bonga - Gorge of Lupata - "Spine of the World" - Width of River - Islands - War Drum at Shiramba - Canoe Navigation - Reach Senna - Its ruinous State - Landeens levy Fines upon the Inhabitants - Cowardice of native Militia - State of the Revenue - No direct Trade with Portugal - Attempts to revive the Trade of Eastern Africa - Country round Senna - Gorongozo, a Jesuit Station - Manica, the best Gold Region in Eastern Africa - Boat-building at Senna - Our Departure - Capture of a Rebel Stockade - Plants Alfacinya and Njefu at the Confluence of the Shire - Landeen Opinion of the Whites - Mazaro, the point reached by Captain Parker - His Opinion respecting the Navigation of the River from this to the Ocean - Lieutenant Hoskins' Remarks on the same subject - Fever, its Effects - Kindly received into the House of Colonel Nunes at Kilimane - Forethought of Captain Nolloth and Dr. Walsh - Joy imbittered - Deep Obligations to the Earl of Clarendon, etc.

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