LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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THE AUTHOR IN HER MACHILLA - Frontispiece 



BASKET FOR LANDING PASSENGERS AT CHINDE 2 



CHINDE - 4 



MR. STANLEY FLETCHER'S MACHILLA - - 12 



STERNWHEELER "EMPRESS" - - 2O 



DO. DO. - 24 



LINE NEAR PORT HERALD - 32 



VIEW AT BLANTYRE - 40 



COLONEL COLVILLE'S MACHILLA TEAM - - 48 



ZOMBA MOUNTAIN - - 56 



"FIRST BLOOD" - 64 



ACACIAS AND RHODESIAN BEETLE - - 66 



COLOURED SKETCH OF SCENERY IN ANGONILAND - 70 



CROSSING SHIRE RIVER - - 72 



HEAD OF KUDU, SHOT AT CHANDAWASIKA - 80 



AUTHOR IN MACHILLA AT FORT MELANGANI - -'88 



DEDZA MOUNTAIN, FROM THE BOMA - 96 



FLAT-TOPPED MIMOSA TREES ON ROAD TO MUA - 114 



SUGAR-LOAF MOUNTAIN, DEDZA PLATEAU - Il8 



WHITE FATHERS' CHURCH AT MUA - - 126 



MISSION HOUSE AT MUA - - 130 



DO. DO. - 138 



ON THE STEPS OF THE MISSION CHURCH, MUA - 146 



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