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Nyasa and back, and have visited the following districts between the 

 following dates : — 



Between September 1883 and February 1884, travelling by the 

 usual route up the Kwa-kwa, Zambezi, and Shire liivers, I made my 

 way through to the Awa-Nyakyusa country at the N.W. end of 

 Nyasa. Here I formed one of a party of whites hunting Elephants, 

 as did my companion, Capt. Berry, of Natal, who, poor fellow, was 

 there taken by a Crocodile whilst bathing at Kapora's, in the Kiwira 

 River, December ]6th, 1883. 



Between June and December 1885, after tryiug unsuccessfully for 

 Elephants in the country to the S. and S.W. of Lake Chirwa, I went 

 on to Nyasa, where on the west coast I took up my quarters at Cape 

 Maclear. IMakingtliis my liead depot, I travelled over and hunted a 

 large tract of country to the N.W., visiting from time to time 

 Mlomba, Mbapi, Amuwa, and Mpemba's, in which neighbourhood 

 Elepliants then proved rather plentiful. Subsequently, however, 

 1 became involved with trouble with a band of Achikunda, from 

 Chifisi's (a big Angoui chief), who stole the tusks from one of my 

 dead Elephants ; and not being able to get another caravan irom the 

 Cape-Maclear men (a miserable lot of cowards), I proceeded N. by 

 water to Bandawe. Here, almost immediately, I was stricken down 

 with heavy fever, and, with a congested liver, had ultimately to 

 return to the coast, where I embarked for Europe. 



In May 1887 I agaiu made my way out to East Africa, and this 

 time visited the E. coast of Nyasa, residing some months with the 

 Universities' Mission on Likoma Island ; from this, I occasionally 

 made short excursions to the mainland, visiting Mapunda's, Ngofi's 

 Chiteji's, Mataka's Mbuzi's, Utaya's, and Malo, but did little or 

 nothing anywhere in the way of hunting. Subsequently however, in 

 December, on my way to the coast, I made a short shooting-trip to the 

 S.W. of Cape Maclear, ontheW. side of the Lake, and visited Lesumbwi 

 and Chirombo's. I then, in March 188S, left Kilimane for a change 

 to S. Africa. Returning to Nyasa again, in Oct. 1888, I travelled 

 and resided in all the country between Chombi (Mt. Waller) and the 

 W^a-kinga mountains on the N.W. of the Lake, and also to some 

 extciitui the Apoka Mountains, — a range which branches off inland 

 from Mt. Waller, and skirts the vast plains which extend from it N. 

 to the Wa-kiuga Mountains. A great part of my time I lived at 

 Karonga's, or Nkauga, which last-named place I left in Feb. 1890 to 

 come to England. 



Thus very briefly, and I fear unintelligibly, I have given my head- 

 quarters in Nyasa-land during these years ; but I have not been able 

 to include many places which will come in for mention in the 

 following notes. 



And now, maybe, some description of the country will be looked 

 for ; but Nyasa, with its vast coast-line, embracing swamp and plain, 

 mountain and low undulating highland in endless profusion, is far 

 beyond me to depict in so small a space ; and I must not attempt 

 now anything more than a few very general remarks. 



Everywhere, the scenery is magnificent, and its beauty is further- 



