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was excellent waterfowl shooting (Ducks, Geese, and Teal) 

 on the low swamjiy shores of the peninsula, and hippos, 

 were numerous. After a rough run, Nkata Bay (about 

 11° 50' S. lat.) was reached on the 22nd, and Ruarwe, some 

 40 miles further north, on the following day. At Ruarwe 

 the ' Pioneer ' left the party, as it had been planned to 

 ascend the plateau from this station. But difficulties about 

 porterage rendered it necessary to proceed along tlie coast 

 to Pasilao, where fresh men were obtained, and subsequently 

 to Florence Bay, the port of the Mission-station of Kondowe, 

 just under Mount Waller. At Kondowe a most hearty 

 reception from Dr. Laws and his companions was met with, 

 and an excellent basis established for penetrating into the 

 interior. 



From Kondowe two days of stift' climbing brought 

 Mr. Whyte and his companions to the highest range at the 

 south end of the Nyika Mountains. Here good collections 

 of plants and birds were made, but the men suffered from 

 cold and other complaints. Travelling to the north-west, 

 Mr. Whyte visited the native villages Mayawa and Khala, 

 but, finding difficulties about guides, finally determined to 

 descend to the coast, and to push on along the plains to 

 Karon ga, the northernmost station of the Protectorate on 

 the Lake, so as to try to penetrate the range again from that 

 end. The arid, sandy plain now traversed was covered with 

 stunted acacias, euphorbias, and short grass, among which 

 numbers of bushbucks and hartebeests were seen, as also the 

 spoor of larger antelopes. The party passed through the 

 native villages of Machifrantu, Pamlali, and Kapembi. At 

 the last place there is a school belonging to Dr. Kerr Cross's 

 Mission. On arriving at Karonga, Mr. Whyte took up his 

 quarters with Mr. Taylor, the Collector of the North Nyasa 

 district, whose house was three miles further north, on the 

 Kambwe Lagoon near a small well-sheltered bay. 



After a few days' rest at Karonga, Mr. Whyte started 

 again for the hills on June 19th, leaving the collcetious 

 already made under Mr. Taylor's care, and at 10 a.m. reached 

 Mpata, the site of the stockade of the slaver Mlozi, captured 



