814 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND Отан GAZETTE. 
and by them we got over a vast e exten t in a short time. We | anything | ánything her 
[Avevsr 30, 180. 
Я g Government officers, we may do ht 1 fine, and easily ассы = 
> d thoso lo ag wood | please : but a oed would » turned >= зек саше icm n he 1 pere 
i We qe de man epa ЖЕТ had no Е passport, E no foreign vessel would be allowed to là t die i mro the” ec, id Within M 
idea could be passed at all. The skil 'aisplayed Е г men pass. e AE eu 
i and delighted in|  * Now, I have complete d you out, and not said a ass. is not, however, one of th 
bs T We x Clans prem pset i "in eb bene, while | word bent botany ; ; and ^ fact is, I pues done very little t he immense аса Д f déb i bend, ful, fop 
going 1 4 he 1 р is vingston. It was quite f it of late. We have had a great deal of work in the там 2 ; > g down by the 
trying to be ready to help Dr. Living у e central moraine, causes it from ad 
astonishing how wo got out of this fierce iid with perpen- | vessel, which is 2 feet too deep for the river. I have had no Е : Istance рр 
di d rod sall about. The canoe-men behaved well, but all | opportunity of getting up among the hills again. My collec- | even dirtier than the ар opriately named 7, 
аз lost, notes, &c., including a Gover ent box | tions and notes from the Makololo country were lost when my | glacier. Mrs shfield was not satisfled with ишш 
лы te th "601. In all, upwards of 100Z worth | canoe upset. On the lake we met with an oil palm with small | vios ut courageous] 1th a distant 
— ег MEA I ri ing ourselves. We | fruit. Iseeit mentioned by Captain Burton on Lake Tanganyika, |.“ '? geously undertook and accomplished 
шж йу A or Qui E "uo Molins, but this| “I enclose some of the Cotton growing uncultivated on | hine hours" excursion to its furthermost 
ship ring between 5 and 6 when 1 the hills at the north end of Nyassa. 1 E ve у ла the | rewa: ost magnificent view with 
cargo, prevented us from getting up beyond 30 miles. The | fine quality of stuff which might be obtained e M glaciers and snow fields on all sides. * vast 
Roruma Bay is magnificent, and the river has no bar, and has| ү, Letter from Dr. Adams to Sir W. Jardine, "Bare "ilios rugged rocks and silvered summits, We 
great advantage over tbe Zambezi, where there is а bad f to poisoning with Euphorbia in Malta :— | centre of an enormous bow 
anchorage, Merl nasty surf. But whether the Roruma comes * I send you a few seeds cf the sea spurge ; there are upwards u rcled on the m 
from be lake we have not found out, although we have been | of 20 species of Euphorbia in Malta, and done the summer|by a line of colo urless Vinc; amidst w Which Pa 
at the tr. uble of going to ma pi anng Б Mew VoM A months, ^ whan the intense heat А hoa the мей the А эы ni». e Palèe rose up in resplenden uty. 
à hich is obstructed by e sp turage becomes scanty, goats often nibble the decaye 
трд or э ig month o n Lako Nyassa, and s | sni ailed 200 miles мака of опе ог other species, chiefly the E. pinea, which is glaciers nd pen jean ver ү» рге cipiees Mem 
rth on this huge inland ча we heard ot its north end, | the most common. The Tenhuta is a name generally applied the whole line the ines gs Morteratsch was 
but t hunger or the country v en e had been desolated) forced toall the species. The goats do not eat Euphorbia he mili | € eneath us, as it swept down ad 
and indeed we нал quite done up, for we bad | and when there is plenty of green pasture not at all. The mili туген aea stretched its 1 en ч A. the fi 
b. ыа бебе, апа ол our clothing. Don't — they | impregnated with this poison, has, I am creditably informed, bs it of th n hi d "^ — 
“did this by force—the: at night; if they ep e by day | prove ый, ea «Мез under three years. Nausea, vomiting | №116 o e valey, which 
we could have sett] ben. The onn o he lake | in an а diar chief symptoms induced. The dangerous | usurped.” 
Жау ehe is. duly шона халц er progress | 4 дев о] mii к з Т ° [ате the country districts, whoa | M^. Freshfeld seems to be among the 
tryi ile the orms render e inmem 
SV. Da Lake Камы MEIN storms come on suddenly, and | wishing to take a brisk purgative, the Aivas ara in A habit | dau nted of lady чі indeed she takes the ph. on 
lash the shore with a surf through which no boat can pass. | of drin үр milk to which a few drops of the juice of | all occasions, the * Herr," as she invariably names her 
Indeed, a vessel to sail at all times must beone fit for the ocean. | the plant havo been added. Iam told diarrhoa isa certain | husband, being merely the nominal head of the 
The width of the lake varies from 15 to 50 miles, but we could | result, T have been particular in attempting to find out if the 8 ud supporting a very subordinat s , 
not cross it on account of the storms. The waters аге деер | goats themselves are affected, but all the herdsmen вау, | 21 рр ls d y ordinate rôle in the 
enough for all practical We got 10 оч not apparently in ÉL slighte ELO gree. к Aim буне eec ret whol the е the lunch bas! 
at the mouth of a bay, and at one mile off shore по | + . Maekay's sugges un — the more violen еа on the whole the most conspicuous i 
bottom with 690 feet of Tio; во, where {һе bottom is to be зарана in some p his patients compared with others, - t p ai refully considered in all ü e miei ente: 
found in the centre, I cannot tell—perhaps it is below the sea ен same was owing to yellow каса the milk and t while the al fresco meal is lovinel dwelt ^ H 
level. The botany of the lake has nothing of interest until you | unequal distribution, I cannot discover any proof. M эуре giy upon in the 
et ond lat. 1 en the s change considerably, an: oat 6 в І have caus: questioned on subject state E eccess he 
eir e zd e do ni và near the lake. From tho rich i P. that € ‘h ^ Sis ed d differ ira ace o. A — sing lob coe d "e сі еф 
Б һе et Pe -— "S nee t an Aw ie. pe o" they DN no mepa оГ knowin „when 2. мч ia Td sais Me ' is du uly rec k- d ened 
to the sout! for we were ere durin e driest time of the isoned uphor! MA unti E is o 
. The Marimba on west side, but the Lo ed of Dr. n. and other Maltese doctors. The| Starting from Pontresina the par ty made the tour of 
n iow уш ай-й, а tribe ot Zulus, who had mi Maltese consider "ti ia n f the Persian lilae (Melia| the Bernina, an expedition which required а five 
from the country south of the Zambezi, and fought their way | azedarach) а ly poison, and are careful not to let the goats ays to accomplish, and which does not see ve 
north, having established themselves with their cattle on fine | eat them. Dr. Gulia thinks it is a vulgar error; but many lod: n eculiar difficulties t 
tablelands, described as healthy, and seemingly quite Maltese have aard E to the Он, апа that they 1 have режа аур d cuimes to g viles 
b lend are deserte ali the "people Жакы шакты | коб ө ha ч EO OST Uhr io bo- MNT “Чыны yo e. ыга. 
im 5 e ey appear ave 
а laughter, for the shores are covered with : E T 
skull and where a foraging party bas passed, fresh bodies hes а оо - $c Tels d x oy we nical а Trip to to Moffat, | had any сиу in procuring tolerable 
Бшм к аш тойа 8 e [ou оя Ma Ms n Meine I ов. the addition of f Ogstopteris alpina to the Arctic bee ge ‹ be hem Ж. guide ¥ 
cherous, i 
heres or eh body with th. си bile he м гоа cl dub pr Мр торта ter from А. Hewan, Esq., surgeon, Couttet, who sers pure ассотаришый. them ү 
ample s wi e uses the clu , А 
c spear with his right band The lan ро of these Zulus is ой б йара Msg a ietoh of а botanical excursion to Clarence | what in the character of courier, Had he known the 
boo eed e суура: e pad with а Mw — — in m Mr. J. Chalmers Morton, editor шты | "57: however, the former would still have 
k k t excep ung chil- etter was orton, editor o: 
dren, Duns uon the й off fo^ GNIS Ори S heir Agricultural Gazette, in Which he те wish to know the | ПёСеЗ8агу to act peii erpreter, for the Romaunsch 
own They do not engage in the slave trade, Their only | predominating plants growing on the irrigated meadows at language, which is that Spoken throughout these 
— is the ma they live v them entirely, and їр Craigon tinny“ Pr m eel had Xs Mr. John Fw "- districts, ig quite unintelligible to a stranger. In th 
from place to according t ie ture. e slave trade f of the eners in n, make a со ion oj in v: i i 
is at pi s wy active; ма ее ved a great impulse f the e planta of ге the following is а list :— Stellaria media, I ley of the Engadine, German is spoken La 
tbrough the so-called free colonisation of the French. T viali; 51 unculus А а obtusifolius, Senecio | addi , and more rarely French; but t inter- 
ort and Arabs are the people who take them to the mphibium, Cardamine pratensis, | course with the outer world, as “post-wagen ” traverse 
coast. То ће he У ауД, is due the whole of that vast slave vulgaris eli fRanuneulus sceleratus, Alopecurus genieulatus, | it daily in three directions. St. Moritz, indeed, is a 
trade carried on from Ibo to Sofala. ME hold that coast only | Gly is. fluitans, all of whieh were growing very rank and 1 f great resort by Germans and Swiss, on account 
to enable them to do this, while it w; aranteed them that EXAM, lorming almost tbe entire pasturage. On the sides | Р!аС@ of gr T bp 
Eni» m ейде c put the Loa trade down. overnment have full fof the ditches occurred Ranunculus acris, sparingly, | Of its chalybeate spring, and the already 
bb s : goes 5 Arc во m E. the home ena, Loom о d eerte eee duis m itic “ Badhaus” 1s being supplemented by а still larger one 
ortugal, for they e as court favours the f re п xaeum ; and i oten s 3 1 H 
A-— pue ree ni which are much sought after, knowing | anserina, Trifolium repens, Plan: antago lanceo lata, Alopecurus етан а еар e prar эг fa hm: ee 
that th үч үе inadequate ow can these men | pratensis, узуп perenne, Phleum ua jte, Dactylia glome- | wagen daily crosses om Chur to Samade. ges, 
make the fortunes t mine Tu pore Me. fite на Hordeum murinum, Arrh avenaceum, Gera- | the communication being only interrupted for а short 
Es Lee Ro e diss acp d s das Cerastium triviale, and Bellis per м9 Dr. | tim pring, durin h elting of SNOWS. 
Bave come on o our тйк я Ша disovere being absent а year, | South rere “Бш ы viva, De at ко aoa іа During e ng light months of win d th 
been the means of koning & dave. remedy for 5 and d Cholera. Rev. Mr. Robertson sent skating, a balls. enliven the villages, an e 
Eon Ajawa. The E portarie Ma E ed % se aie ыры f ice m candidates viaa erra ue у а inhabitants: — Пк см bue uu fe 
w = = 
captivos. ч On their way, the fine rich lons from the Filom; J. Berryman, M.D, ; as an Associate, Mr, J. Scott. cli climate unenviable, that ur Y P 
south end of Iako Nyassa to the rapids of the Shire had been living in England where there was no в К; Е 
wi and now nota s where, when we first = Perhaps Livigno is as pri e as any 0 Паре 
beo fora few beads. We i in ЗЕБУ i E field's 
drove back the first white Portuguese who ever entered the эт f 38 k rP та барт. Eo 3 Bid ei these out-of- 
Manganja hills. Не came at the head of a large body of armed 0 00 8. description of it, as it gives a fair idea о! 
Slaves, intending to save the price paid to the Ajawa, and do the-world places :—* The val as out before 
the hunting T On hearing that we were destroying ali | 4 Summer Tour in the Grisons and Italian Kuilen us in wide pastures, unbroken by any divisions, with 
P ege пота ря = he. euet чий бай; еерт madea| of Leg dim Bernina. By Mrs. Henry Freshfield. Long scattered châlets showing a Luv x 
they have are chiefly children. We settle all the prizes with he recently sward ike a so 
the Bishop; in fact, we have made him chief of ra aequ m ma э m little volume, Mrs. Freshfield has des- | beneath our feet, and the enjoyment of our walk was 
And given him such a start as no mission ever had before. a portion of Switzerland which, if "^ ene troubled only by the fear that the unexpected difficulty 
t only has he got all the slaves we took from the Portu, ib M thened 
ut also natives come and settle near him, for the security they un ed so rarely visited by E "ym shmen | with our luggage might cause my husband leng renes 
== е Manganja ану ч - rens ER es state, | that ме е, grateful to не; for — g paved the way, | detention. The dark, sun-burnt «ы of ча e 
is no great chief, but each village an inde to the world this acco - of her | gave pronti richness to the pastoral scen: 
2e. pm = а паа по aq by ud | summer holiday. At the same time it must be con- | which we passed; the remarkably small · windows, of 
Ajawa. To the latter there cannot be much blame attached. fessed tha at the greatest charm - einer Alpi i pé that 
ee Menganja woa. do the mme u the а с me their seclusion, in nspoiled and vigo of the. queer old woman at La “Rosa, ad Showed " 
ot {асе the Аја; ui orifice 
ge рад КАА Meistipg " Богат eso pdt ту beyond е рына ma ын n "doing * " bi h n the enjoyment of light d 
e slaves тош Ajawa, who are m. igh ri е eve % 
countrymen. bem tak тя some neighbouri: llage. One gig bey i ч ка h. The amount of t red seed in = rd 
villag M bee : яе, pe MTS quietly allow them These charms they will soon no lon ger possess : when it ter of these buildings w: ently no ша bei 
tru ers out, 1r th Aj e dre ale once becomes known that the Enguline i is but a day’s | consideration ; үбеп Адыг nis of ле. лй. z 
they possibly might prove the bet ple. Dr. Livingstone | journey from a railroad, and that day's journey one | added to their picturesque appearance, and gave ectiog 
thought to go and speak to them, but the intentions of his | which is constantly эң by шй we doubt | to an upper floor which, sheltered by far proj piia 
алыскы. Озы MAL of the Ванов had | 100 that {һе rusi to miden and Pontresina wil gite шо apris ce atre we rund 
1 i several | equal that to In S i i in sight long before we 
fight in earnest, and the did not 1 eq н К ма еза laeiers, and | below. The village was in sight long 
bad en killed. We had [ie qe. Bender cuneis латча mountain lakes are within sho ds p uestre to t Denk 1, and reach s e" 
2 fghtin Б M ema r — - Ан» cartridge from either of these places ; while Mrs. Freshfield church, which is ornamented with Бшш Ж " 
pri. EDAM Qn Labo раге chat is, without | assures us that the higher passes, and expeditions only | Rude paintings of the Virgin on the w s 
well armed with the best ot gere үе gef oos л mot | аеш b clim will reward by the|the houses reminded us that we had ^ = 
n eno h prevent rre de typis, e wice by | magnificent views they disclose; which we can readily | Roman Catholic country, where A ре z4 hif 
m P i AIR 1 
other side they killed Roscher Pe аен sd em bolieva, judging from the coloured lith ographs with common faith and language with the A looking гасе, 
hed the Lake about two "montbs later than we did when | "ich her vol ps illust voc MESE are certainly a very peculiar, primiim tiquatel cut. 
we first discovered it in 1859. In order "the ion e Bernina is the princi tain in this part of | clothed in sad coloured garments 
ме. (фт Pap Mackenzie) may be of use, the country | the Alps, and forms a "emend fine object {тот | The position of the first group 0 , ho h n 
the nativos c p sell their а 4 e. de eite чут many points of view ;it is rathera mass of pinnacles | pretty, with the gaily decorated white с 
give up the slave . They gi "m and could grow | thana single mountain, for which reason it has obtained its tall steeple in the centre." M Freshfield, 
ot; OMM lf merchants eould get in to purcbase it and | the name of *the man init Мады Bernina.” The princi We pe now take our leave of Mrs. introduce 
Pool then the natives would be able to rise in civilisa- | summit, or Piz, as it is called in the dialect of the | hopin - she may on prd e future occasion of 
pend by er теда beside ‘mission, to be suc. | Country, is 13,500 feet high, and many of tlie neigh ип е vá "x the stilk u ntrodden A dos be 
beside ing. A mission, to be suc- а > d 5 = 
WE must aim at raising the natives ; and the missionaries bouring peaks are not much inferior :—* Tt is seldom | Switzer and. And any of Í rdum, and then 
D y [uy merchants Yee Ех hat so many summits exceeding 10,000 feet аге | mellisting o tour let them oe А to darote цо 
daresay 50 багыш. The Portugueso сонй, losely, and the variety of form | they will certainly Бе tempted, if to inclnde 
mations, A ено too : but the rivers ought to bo а and | i. produced i is very striking." - 2 3 | whole excursion toi the Grisons, at f all even 
à would be in vain to send out to purchase th y 
