COAL. 2/5 



the Lofubu, called Muatize. On the right bank of 

 the Lofubu there is another feeder entering that 

 river, called the Morongdzi, in which there is a still 

 larger bed of coal exposed. 



" Further up the Lofubu there are seams in the 

 riverlets Inyavu and Makare ; while in the Maravi 

 country the coal crops out in several places, having 

 evidently been brought to the surface by volcanic 

 action at a later period than the coal formation. I 

 was also informed that there are seams in the inde- 

 pendent native territory, and, indeed, I have no 

 doubt but that the whole country between Zumbo 

 and Lupata is a coal-field of at least two and a half 

 degrees of latitude in breadth, having many faults, 

 made during the time of the igneous action. There 

 would not be much difficulty in working the coal or 

 in bringing it to market. The wages of free 

 labourers, when employed in such work, is one braca, 

 that is, two yards of unbleached calico, the only 

 currency used. The carriage of goods up the river 

 to Tete adds about 10 per cent, to their cost, the 

 usual conveyance being by means of very large 

 canoes and launches built at Senna. 



" The gold-field, whence Tete draws its supply of 

 the precious metal, lies outside the coal-field, ex- 

 tending in a segment of a circle from the N.E. to 

 the S.E. In the former direction there are six well 

 known washing places ; proceeding to the N.W. we 

 meet with the Mushinga range ; then crossing to 



T 2 



