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objects in view. The London Missionary Society has resolved 

 to have a station among the Makololo on the north bank, and 

 another on the south among the Matebele. The Church — Wes- 

 leyan, Baptist, and that most energetic body, the Free Church — 

 could each find desirable locations among the Batoka and adja- 

 cent tribes. The country is so extensive there is no fear of 

 clashing. All classes of Christians find that sectarian rancor 

 soon dies out when they are working together among and for the 

 real heathen. Only let the healthy locality be searched for and 

 fixed upon, and then there will be free scope to work in the same 

 cause in various directions, without that loss of men which the 

 system of missions on the unhealthy coasts entails. While re- 

 spectfully submitting the plan to these influential societies, I can 

 positively state that, when fairly in the interior, there is perfect 

 security for life and property among a people who will at least 

 listen and reason. 



Eight of my men begged to be allowed to come as far as Kili- 

 mane, and, thinking that they would there see the ocean, I 

 consented to their coming, though the food was so scarce in 

 consequence of a dearth that they were compelled to suffer some 

 hunger. They would fain have come farther; for when Sekeletu 

 parted with them, his orders were that none of them should turn 

 until they had reached Ma Robert and brought her back with 

 them. On my explaining the difficulty of crossing the sea, he 

 said, "Wherever you lead, they must follow." As I did not 

 know well how I should get home myself, I advised them to go 

 back to Tete, where food was abundant, and there await my 

 return. I bought a quantity of calico and brass wire with ten 

 of the smaller tusks which we had in our charge, and sent the 

 former back as clothing to those who remained at Tete. As 

 there were still twenty tusks left, I deposited them with Colonel 

 ISTunes, that, in the event of any thing happening to prevent my 

 return, the impression might not be produced in the country 

 that I had made away with Sekeletu's ivory. I instructed 

 Colonel Nunes, in case of my death, to sell the tusks and deliver 

 the proceeds to my men; but I intended, if my life should be 

 prolonged, to purchase the goods ordered by Sekeletu in En- 

 gland with my own money, and pay myself on my return out of 

 the price of the ivory. This I explained to the men fully, and 



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