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flocked down to welcome the English. The cere- 

 mon}^ of shaking hands had again to be gone through, 

 and I performed my part of it sitting on a fallen tree. 

 It was gratifying to see the good name that our 

 countrymen had left in this savage land. One poor 

 woman came up to me and said she was the mother 

 of Chimwallah (Chimwallah had been servant to one 

 of the missionaries, and was taken by his master to 

 England), and had come to hear tidings of her son, 

 or to see if he was with us. On being told he had 

 not come with us to Africa, she evinced much grief; 

 but when she heard he was well and happy, and his 

 photograph in English costume from London was 

 shown her, her grief was turned to joy, and she made 

 me promise to come to the village and see the house 

 where Chimwallah used to live, a promise which I 

 afterwards fulfilled. 



The Makololo (whom Mr. Young had looked for- 

 ward so eagerly to getting to accompany him to 

 Nyassa) having all assembled, a solemn consultation 

 was held in the boat, where they were informed of 

 the cause of our visit, and asked to come with us. 

 Headed by Moloka, who is now their chief, twelve 

 of them agreed to accompany us, in consideration of 

 the fabulous wages of eight pieces of cloth each for 

 the job, three to be paid in advance. They were some 

 time in doubts about undertaking the task, as they 

 said the Mavite were gradually coming down from 

 the north, and were now close to Matiti (a statement 

 which proved false), where we intended taking our 

 boats asunder, and would soon be at Chibisa. How- 

 ever, Mr. Young not only promised them new guns. 



