Livingstone's description of tete. 269 



sacked by a hostile chief from across the Zambesi, 

 and Senna was held by a native force, till a large 

 indemnity was paid for the privilege of trading, 

 together with several years arrears of rent that had 

 been permitted to accumulate. Of course to return 

 as we had come was not to be thought of ; but I 

 cannot do better than add an extract from Doctor 

 Livingstone's description of Tete, which in nearly 

 every respect is equally applicable to Zumbo and 

 Senna and the country intervening between them 

 that lies upon the south side of the Zambesi. 



" I was most kindly received by the commandant, 

 who did everything in his power to restore me from 

 my emaciated condition, and invited me to remain 

 with him until the following month, as this was the 

 unhealthy period at Kilimane. He also generously 

 presented my men with abundant provisions of 

 millet ; and gave them lodgings in a house of his 

 own, until they could erect their own huts, whereby 

 they escaped the bite of the tampans, or, as they 

 were here named, carapatos. We had heard 

 frightful accounts of this insect while among the 

 Banyai, and Major Licard assured me its bite is 

 more especially dangerous to strangers, as it some- 

 times causes fatal fever. The village of Tete is 

 built on a long slope down to the river, with the 

 fort on the water's edge. The rock beneath is grey 

 sandstone, and has the appearance of having been 

 crushed away from the river, the strata thus 



