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nothing beyond onr inducing English merchants to establish 

 a company, of which the Portuguese would, by fictitious 

 claims, reap all the benefit. The short-sighted " dog in the 

 manger" policy was so transparent that we always warned 

 our commercial friends in England that, without free naviga- 

 tion of the Zambesi, it was in vain for them to run any risk. 

 Nothing but slaving will on any account be tolerated. "W. 

 Sunley, Esq., of Johanna, on the recommendation of the late 

 Admiral Wyvil, took a cargo of goods to the River Angonsh, 

 or Angoxe, in order to begin a legal traffic with the natives. 

 He succeeded as well as he expected. He was then inveigled 

 on false pretences, by two Portuguese officials, to Mosambique ; 

 and, as soon as he came under the guns of the fort, he was 

 declared a prisoner, and his cargo and ship confiscated, for 

 "illegal traffic in Portuguese territory." Had he been a 

 slaver, without doubt, a little head-money would have secured 

 him lodging and a feast in the Governor-General's palace 

 instead. 



We found our friend Major Sicard at Mazaro with picks, 

 shovels, hurdles, and slaves, having come to build a fort and 

 custom-house at the Kongone. As we had no good reason to 

 hide the harbour, but many for its being made known, we sup- 

 plied him with a chart of the tortuous branches, which, running 

 among the mangroves, perplex the search; and with such 

 directions as would enable him to find his ^way down to the 

 river. He had brought the relics of our fugitive mail, and it 

 was a disappointment to find that all had been lost, with the 

 exception of a bundle of old newspapers, two photographs, and 

 three letters which had been written before we left England. 



Sininyane had exchanged names with a Zulu at Shupanga, 

 and on being called next morning made no answer ; to a 

 second and third summons he paid no attention; but at 



