676 ARRANGEMENTS ON LEAVING AFRICA. Chap. XXXII. 



objects in view. The Loudon Missionary Society lias 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 rancour 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 

 respectfully submitting the plan to these influential societies, I 

 can positively state that, when fairly in the interior, there is per- 

 fect 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 further ; for when Sekeletu 

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

 until they had reached Ma Kobert 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 

 Nunes, that, in the event of anything 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 Eng- 

 land 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 



