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Concert of the Powers in regard to the question of 

 Macedonian reform. Probably few pursuits serve 

 to bring a man's resourcefulness so thoroughly into 

 play, and a good clue is often furnished to the per- 

 sonality of an individual by the manner in which 

 his surroundings are arranged and his homestead 

 ordered. It is true that the mud walls which form 

 the interior of so many planters' living rooms do 

 not give scope for much in the way of decoration 

 or embellishment, neither does his thatched house 

 of two or three divisions lend itself to much archi- 

 tectural skill. I have, nevertheless, seen a great 

 deal done in both directions, whilst in the laying 

 out of the adjacent gardens, and in the plantation 

 of trim walks and avenues, great success has been 

 most strikingly attained. 



The pasturage afforded in many parts of the 

 Zambezi is, I think, eminently suitable for the 

 raising of large herds of cattle. The Zambezia 

 Company has succeeded most encouragingly at 

 Inyangoma, whilst in the neighbourhood of Sena 

 the Mozambique Company possessed a year or two 

 ago large herds which had sprung from very small 

 beginnings. 1 consider, from the settler's point of 

 view, and in combination with other pursuits, the 

 raising of cattle would prove a remunerative and 

 fairly certain source of income in well-selected 

 areas, and I have no doubt that in time Zambezi 

 cattle will come to be as well known as those which 

 now bear the distinctive names of Somaliland and 

 Madagascar. 



At present, apart from the herds mentioned in 

 the preceding paragraph, the small quantities of 



