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mouth of the Shire, which seemed to he ahout two hundred 

 yards broad. 



A few miles beyond the Shire we left the hills entirely, 

 and sailed between extensive flats. The banks seen in the 

 distance are covered with trees. We slept on a large in- 

 habited island, and then came to the entrance of the river 

 Mutu, (latitude 18° 3' 37" S., longitude 35° 46' B. :) the point 

 of departure is called Mazaro, or "mouth of the Mutu." 



I was seized by a severe tertian fever at Mazaro, but 

 went along the right bank of the Mutu to the N.N.E. and 

 B. for about fifteen miles. "We then found that it was made 

 navigable by a river called the Pangazi, which comes into 

 it from the north. 



My fever became excessively severe in consequence of 

 travelling in the hot sun, and the long grass blocking up 

 the narrow path so as to exclude the air. The pulse beat 

 with amazing force, and felt as if thumping against the 

 crown of the head. The stomach and spleen swelled enor 

 mously, — giving me, for the first time, an appearance which 

 I had been disposed to laugh at among the Portuguese. 

 At Interra we met Senhor Asevedo, a man who is well 

 known by all who ever visited Kilimane, and who was pre- 

 sented with a gold chronometer watch by the Admiralty 

 for his attentions to English officers. He immediately 

 tendered his large sailing-launch, which had a house in the 

 stern. This was greatly in my favor, for it anchored in 

 the middle of the stream, and gave me some rest from the 

 mosquitos, which in the whole of the delta are something 

 frightful. Sailing comfortably in this commodious launch 

 along the river of Kilimane, we reached that village (lati- 

 tude 17° 53' 8" S., longitude 36° 40' B.) on the 20th of 

 May, 1856, which wanted only a few days of being four 

 years since I started from Cape Town. Here I was re- 

 ceived into the house of Colonel Galdina Jose JSTunes, one 

 of the best men in the country. I had been three years 

 without hearing from my family, — letters having been 

 frequently sent, but somehow or other, with but a mngle 



