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but also to leave a quantity of ammunition with the 

 Makololo who remained behind, so that they need 

 not fear the Mavite, who have no fire-arms. We then 

 left Chibisa, and in four hours camped at Matiti, 

 close to the foot of the cataracts, where the iron boat 

 was taken asunder, and everything prepared for the 

 overland march to Pamafunda. The cataracts ex- 

 tend over about thirty -five miles of latitude. The 

 Makololos are kings of the country from Matiti to 

 below Chibisa, occupying both sides of the river, and 

 each individual one being chief of a village and of a 

 large body of Ajawahs. 



Shortly after arriving at Matiti, I visited Mr. 

 Thornton's grave, which is situated beneath a large 

 tree, easily distinguished by a wooden cross nailed on 

 it. I then went on to the lower cataracts, which 

 were scarcely worth seeing, owing to the scanty sup- 

 ply of water in the river. In a pool just below the 

 falls was a large herd of hippopotami, three of which 

 I killed in a short time. One sunk in deep water, 

 but next morning it was bagged floating past our camp. 

 Mr. Young deemed it advisable to leave here the 

 two whale boats, with a large quantity of provisions, 

 cloth, beads, and ammunition, undercharge of Antonio 

 and John Brown, Avith whom ten of the Shupanga 

 men volunteered to stay, the remainder returning 

 to their homes. All were anxious that we should 

 take them with us to Nyassa, and seemed much hurt 

 at being thus discarded. I ventured to suggest that 

 as we knew them we should stick to them ; but Mr. 

 Young would not hear of it. This he subsequently 

 regretted. 



