654 THE REBEL BONG A. Chap. XXXII. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



Leave Tete and proceed down the river — Pass the stockade of Bonga — Gorge 

 of Lupata — " Spine of the world " — Width of river — Islands — War 

 drum at Shiramba — Canoe navigation — Reach Senna — Its ruinous 

 state — Landeens levy fines upon the inhabitants — Cowardice of native 

 militia — State of the revenue — No direct trade with Portugal — At- 

 tempts to revive the trade of Eastern Africa — Country round Senna — 

 Gorongozo, a Jesuit station — Manica, the best gold region in Eastern 

 Africa — Boatbuilding at Senna — Our departure — Capture of a rebel 

 stockade — Plants Alfacinya and Njefu at the confluence of the Shire — 

 Landeen opinion of the whites — Mazaro, the point reached by Captain 

 Parker — His opinion respecting the navigation of the river from this to 

 the ocean — Lieut. Hoskins' remarks on the same subject — Fever, its 

 effects — Kindly received into the house of Colonel Nunes at Kilimane — 

 Forethought of Captain Nolloth and Dr. Walsh — Joy embittered — 

 Deep obligations to the Earl of Clarendon, &c. — On developing resources of 

 the interior — Desirableness of Missionary Societies selecting healthy stations 



— Arrangements on leaving my men — Retrospect — Probable influence 

 of the discoveries on slavery — Supply of cotton, sugar, &c, by free labour 



— Commercial stations — Development of the resources of Africa a work 

 of time — Site of Kilimane — Unhealthiness — Death of a shipwrecked 

 crew from fever — The Captain saved by quinine — Arrival of H. M. brig 

 " Frolic" — Anxiety of one of my men to go to England — Rough passage 

 in the boats to the ship — Sekwebu's alarm — Sail for Mauritius — 

 Sekwebu on board ; he becomes insane ; drowns himself — Kindness of 

 Major-General C. M. Haj r — Escape shipwreck — Reach home. 



We left Tete at noon on the 22nd, and in the afternoon arrived 

 at the garden of Senhor A. Manoel de Gomes, son-in-law and 

 nephew of Bonga. The Commandant of Tete had sent a letter 

 to the rebel Bonga, stating that he ought to treat me kindly, and 

 he had deputed his son-in-law to be my host. Bonga is not at all 

 equal to his father Nyaude, who was a man of great ability. He 

 is also in bad odour with the Portuguese, because he receives all 

 runaway slaves and criminals. He does not trust the Portuguese, 

 and is reported to be excessively superstitious. I found his son- 

 in-law, Manoel, extremely friendly, and able to converse in a very 

 intelligent manner. He was in his garden when we arrived, but 

 soon dressed himself respectably, and gave us a good tea and dinner. 



