We Had Three Large Canoes In The Company
Which Had Lately Come Up With Goods From Senna.
They are made
very large and strong, much larger than any we ever saw in the interior,
and might
Strike with great force against a rock and not be broken.
The men sit at the stern when paddling, and there is usually a little shed
made over a part of the canoe to shade the passengers from the sun.
The boat in which I went was furnished with such a covering,
so I sat quite comfortably.
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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