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plateau, in which respect it would seem to re- 

 semble Morambala, where, at an elevation of about 

 3,500 ft., coffee plantations are, I am informed, 

 giving results in many ways superior to those 

 of the much-esteemed product grown in the 

 Nyasaland Protectorate. 



The steamer leaving at ten, we find ourselves, 

 an hour later, at Bompona, on the island called 

 Inyangoma, formed by the Zambezi and Shird Rivers 

 and a shallow channel called the Zui-Zuie. Here, 

 by the kindness of Captain A. de Portugal Durao, 

 the Zambezia Company's capable and energetic 

 manager in Africa, we are enabled to leave the 

 steamer, examine the island, and join her again 

 later in the day at the Company's station at 

 Muterara. The area enclosed by the three streams 

 I have mentioned is known as the island of 

 Inyangoma, is of an extent of over 160,000 acres, 

 and possesses soil of remarkable richness. The 

 indigenous grass is of good quality, and Senhor 

 Magalhaes, an old and valued friend of mine, tells 

 us that the herds of cattle kept upon it now nearly 

 number 2,000 head. Splendid cattle they are, and 

 of fine appearance and condition. The only disease 

 by which they have been hitherto attacked, and 

 that vidthout actual loss, has been a curious type of 

 bovine dysentery. Close to the headquarters we are 

 shoAvn about twenty acres of cotton, destroyed by 

 that ruthless pest the green blight.* Large numbers 

 of weU-set-up, well-fed, contented-looking natives 

 are employed by the Company, and here, it is quite 

 evident, there is no chance of the African being 



* Malvacearum. 



