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appears to have been singularly devoted to her 

 large-hearted, much-married spouse, succeeded in 

 setting him free, whereupon Gouveia fled north- 

 ward to the Zambezi. As the news of his escape 

 spread abroad, many of his old captains with their 

 people came in to " catch his leg," as it is termed ; 

 in other words, to return to their allegiance and 

 sue for pardon. Some he forgave, but others, it is 

 said, he killed with his own hand. 



He now gathered together as strong a force as 

 possible for the purpose of attacking the rebels, 

 who were entrenched in an aringa at Inyangone. 

 Arrived there, however, instead of closely investing 

 the stockade by night, as was his usual custom, he 

 allowed the well-armed occupants to attack him 

 as he approached it by day, with the result that 

 his men were hopelessly defeated, and he himself 

 was wounded in the encounter. He endeavoured 

 to escape by hiding in the high grass, but was dis- 

 covered and killed by a small boy, who would not 

 capture him, dreading lest his formidable victim 

 should cast a spell of witchcraft upon him. 



From this time forward the Baru^ returned to 

 the rule of a Makombe, the lawful heir of the 

 chieftain whose position had been usurped by 

 Gouveia, and thereafter Portuguese influence ceased 

 until, in 1902, Captain Joao de Azevedo Coutinho 

 broke his power and dispersed his people in a well- 

 organised and brilliantly executed expedition, which 

 will doubtless remove from the tribes of that 

 country the smallest further inclination to assert 

 their independence as they have so constantly done 

 in the past. 



