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and others. Unfortunatety, they are only now 

 beginning to realise that they have no chance 

 against us. Captain Edwards, with 31 Sikhs, 

 9 Makua and 70 untrained men belonging to 

 Jumbe, attacked and completely routed 1,200 of 

 Makanjila's warriors. The very recent defeat of 

 Kawinga last February cannot have been for- 

 gotten. Mr. Fletcher, with 16 men, kept 500 

 employed for two hours ; when he had only five 

 rounds left he charged, and with 30 Atonga, who 

 came up at the time, put them to flight ! 



This ought to be a lesson to all these chiefs, 

 and I fancy Kawinga is now pretty well crushed. 



On the west side there are still Arabs near 

 Karongas, and these are bound to give trouble 

 in the future. It is most unfortunate that Mr. 

 Johnston made terms with these people after 

 Captain Lugard had been wounded ; it is a 

 common impression amongst those who took part 

 in the struggle, that very little would have been 

 required to turn them out of the country. 



There is still a very powerful and warlike race, 

 the Awemba, to the west of Nyika. These appear 

 to have only been visited by Livingstone, Giraud, 

 and Mr. Thomas. They appear to be much op- 

 pressed by Ketimkuru, who objects to Europeans, 

 as he probably understands that his absolute 

 power cannot be permitted if we get the pre- 

 dominance. 



Further south is the enormous country of the 



