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CHAPTER XXII. 



Quill imane — Colonel Nunez — Government opposed to agriculture — Passport 

 system — The Quillimane "do-nothings" — Return to the Zambesi — Shu- 

 panga, December 19th, 1862 — Our Mazaro men and their relations — 

 Famine at Tette — Dispersion of slaves — " The Portuguese don't farm " nor 

 hunt — January 10th, the Lady Nyassa in tow — Mariano's atrocities — 

 The Bishop's grave — Smell and hearing in animals — Angling for crocodile 



— Frightful sight — Crocodile versus Makololo — Penetration of air through- 

 out systems of birds — Return of Sir. Thornton — Kilimanjaro — Mr. Thorn- 

 ton's generous kindness to Mission — Journey to Tette too much for him — 

 His death and grave — Wide-spread desolation — Slave-trade and famine — 

 Marsh culture — Lethargy of remnant of people — Skeletons — Abolition of 

 slave-trade a sine qua non — Influence of English steamer on Lake Nyassa 



— Road-making — Green freshness of hills — No provisions to be bought 



— No labour — Poor food and depressed spirits, forerunners of disease — Dr. 

 Kirk and C. Livingstone ordered home — Dr. Livingstone ill — Dr. Kirk 

 remains to attend him — 19th May, Dr. Kirk and C. Livingstone leave — 

 Remonstrance to Lisbon Government — Empty results — Conduct of Portu- 

 guese statesmen towards Africa — Dr. Livingstone and Mr. Rae start to 

 look after our old boat — Employments of those left behind — Woman 

 wounded by an arrow — Tenacity of life — Dr. Meller. 



"VYe put to sea on the 18th of October, and, again touching 

 at Johanna, obtained a crew of Johanna men and some oxen, 

 and sailed for the Zambesi ; but our fuel failing before we 

 reached it, and the wind being contrary, we ran into Quil- 

 limane for wood. 



Quillimane must have been built solely for the sake of 

 carrying on the slave-trade, for no man in his senses would 

 ever have dreamed of placing a village on such a low, muddy, 

 fever-haunted, and mosquito-swarming site, had it not been 

 for the facilities it afforded for slaving. The bar may at 

 springs and floods be easily crossed by sailing-vessels, but, 

 being far from the land, it is always dangerous for boats. 

 Slaves, under the name of "free emigrants," have gone by 



