12 CONTEXTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



ARRIVAL AT TETE. 



Portuguese and the Zambesi — Posterity's Applause — The Explanation of the 

 Outlet — The Kongone— The Bar — The Country — Timidity of Natives — 

 The Fertility of Soil— The Natives' Curiosity— Their Cupidity— The Chan- 

 nel — The Departure of the " Pearl " — The First Work — Mazaro — Excite- 

 ment — Livingstone's Courage — Mariano's Cruelty — The Zulus — Their Tax 

 — Their Character, Hospitality, etc. — Zulu Lawyer — Shupauga — The Grave 

 Under the Baobab — Eeception at Senna — Senhor Ferraro — Arrival at Tete 

 — " We will Sleep To-night." 322 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE KEBRABASA RAPIDS. 



The Journey to the Kebrabasa — Kebrabasa Range — General Appearance — 

 Breadth — Pressure of Water — Portuguese Ignorance — Banyai Impositions 

 — " Dreadful Rough " Night — Camp Scenes — A Camp Story — The Morn- 

 ing — Climbing Still — Sleep of Exhaustion — Makololo Distrust — Mount 

 Morumbwa — A Perpetual Barrier — Return to Tete — Scenes in Tete — 

 Superstition — The Teaching of Nature — Holiness — Christmas in Africa — 

 The Climax of Absurdities — The Rainy Season — The Portuguese Recourse 

 — A Serious Matter — The Help for Fever — The Shire 341 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE SHIRE. 



Mouth of the Shire — Difficulties Vanish — " Englishman " — Shire Valley — 

 African Swamp — Livingstone's Art — Mount Morambala — Mountain Vil- 

 lage — Chikanda — Two Pythons — Pursued by a Buffalo — The Steamer — A 

 Sinking Ship — No Note of Time — The Musician — Hippopotamus Traps — 

 Shire Marshes — Water-fowl — Kites and Vultures — Forest of Palm Trees — 

 Islands of the Shire — An Unhappy Chief — Village of Chibisa — Chibisa — 

 — Lake Shirwa — Sympathy of Fools — Discovery of Lake Shirwa — Return 

 to the Ship — Expedition to Lake Nyassa — Mangauja Hills — Village of 

 Chilimba — The Manganja People — Agriculture — Cotton — Manufactures — 

 Iron Ore — Native Trade — The Upper Lip Ring — Beer Drinking — Drunken 

 Villages — The Muave Again — Faith — Nyassa Discovered — Return to Tete.. 361 



CHAPTER XIX. 



JOURNEYS OF HONOR. 



Regard for Obligations — Busy Preparations — Market Prices at Tete — Singu- 

 lar Measures — Social Turn — Evening Gatherings — Peculiar " Tea-Parties " 

 — Makololo Objections to Leaving Tete — Their Gains and Losses — The 

 Outfit — Journey Begun — Linyanti — Sekeletu — The Mission — Graves — Ex- 

 planation of Failure — Livingstone's Confidence — Hope Unshaken — Mako- 

 lolo Faithfulness — Attentions — Growing Disaffection — Seaward Again — 

 Tete — The Kongone — The " Pioneer " Arrives — The Rovuma — Return to 

 the Shire — The " University's Mission " — Their Misfortunes— War Pre- 

 vailing — The Slave-Trade — Lake Nyassa — The Lake Tribes — Shupanga 

 — Death of Mrs. Livingstone 392 



