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" 20 



DO. DO. - - - - . 24 



LINE NEAR PORT HERALD 32 



VIEW AT BLANTYRE 4O 



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 - II4 



SUGAR-LOAF MOUNTAIN, DEDZA PLATEAU - - I18 



WHITE fathers' CHURCH AT MUA - - - - 126 



MISSION HOUSE AT MUA I30 



DO. DO. 138 



ON THE STEPS OF THE MISSION CHURCH, MUA - I46 



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