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His natives buried him in a shallow pit in the 

 bush. The same night the drums were beaten 

 loudly, there was a big dance in the village, and 

 much native beer was drunk, as is their custom 

 on the decease of a great man. 



A dozen miles or so from Magwero one 

 crosses the Bua River and comes on quite a 

 different establishment to Magwero, an outpost 

 of the British Army instead of the Christian 

 religion. 



Modern Nyasaland has passed through many 

 days of war, and a military force of importance 

 is maintained in the Protectorate. Over twenty 

 years ago the Arabs resisted the growth of 

 British influence around the waters of Nyasa 

 by arms and battle, and, after their advance 

 down the lake had been stayed by a handful 

 of Britishers and their power had been broken 

 in Eastern Central Africa, the work of subduing 

 one or two powerful native tribes had to be 

 undertaken. Of these the Yaos and the Angoni 

 (descendants of the old Zulu fighting stock which 

 earned for Tchaka, M'Zilikazi and Lobengula the 

 reputations of black Neros) gave most trouble, 

 but at length their anarchy was broken, and 

 this part of Africa was given over to the white 

 man, the reward of years of toil and fighting 

 and exploration. Fort Jameson now stands 

 close to the old slaughter kraals of M'Pezeni — the 

 great Angoni king — and to this day the capital 

 of North-Eastern Rhodesia is commonly spoken 

 of amongst the natives as " M'Pezeni." As for 

 the Yaos, they have settled down to the arts 

 of peace instead of war, and their intelligence, 

 physique and courage make them most valuable 

 assets of the Lake Protectorate. There are no 



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