- On Developing
Resources Of The Interior - Desirableness Of Missionary Societies
Selecting Healthy Stations - Arrangements On Leaving My Men -
Retrospect - Probable
Influence of the Discoveries on Slavery -
Supply of Cotton, Sugar, etc., by Free Labor - Commercial Stations -
Development of the Resources
Of Africa a Work of Time - Site of Kilimane -
Unhealthiness - Death of a shipwrecked Crew from Fever -
The Captain saved by Quinine - Arrival of H. M. Brig "Frolic" -
Anxiety of one of my Men to go to England - Rough Passage in the Boats
to the Ship - Sekwebu's Alarm - Sail for Mauritius - Sekwebu on board;
he becomes insane; drowns himself - Kindness of Major-General C. M. Hay -
Escape Shipwreck - Reach Home.
We left Tete at noon on the 22d, and in the afternoon arrived
at the garden of Senhor A. Manoel de Gomez, son-in-law and nephew of Bonga.
The Commandant of Tete had sent a letter to the rebel Bonga,
stating that he ought to treat me kindly, and he had deputed his son-in-law
to be my host. Bonga is not at all equal to his father Nyaude,
who was a man of great ability. He is also in bad odor with the Portuguese,
because he receives all runaway slaves and criminals. He does not trust
the Portuguese, and is reported to be excessively superstitious.
I found his son-in-law, Manoel, extremely friendly, and able to converse
in a very intelligent manner. He was in his garden when we arrived,
but soon dressed himself respectably, and gave us a good tea and dinner.
After a breakfast of tea, roasted eggs, and biscuits next morning,
he presented six fowls and three goats as provisions for the journey.
When we parted from him we passed the stockade of Bonga
at the confluence of the Luenya, but did not go near it,
as he is said to be very suspicious.
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