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Another bean, with a pretty white mark on it, grows 

 freely, and is easily cooked, and good : it is here called 

 Givingwiza. 



15th September. — We were now a short distance sonth 

 of the Lake, and might have gone west to Mosauka's 

 (called by some Pasauka's) to cross the Shire there, but I 

 thought that my visit to Mukate's, a Waiyau chief still 

 further south, might do good. He, Mponda, and Kabinga, 

 are the only three chiefs who still carry on raids against 

 the Manganja at the instigation of the coast Arabs, and 

 they are now sending periodical marauding parties to the 

 Maravi (here named Malola) to supply the Kilwa slave- 

 traders. We marched three hours southwards, then up 

 the hills of the range which flanks all the lower part 

 of the Lake. The altitude of the town is about 800 feet 

 above the Lake. The population near the chief is large, and 

 all the heights as far as the eye can reach are crowned 

 with villages. The second range lies a few miles off, and 

 is covered with trees as well as the first, the nearest high 

 mass is Mafigoche. The people live amidst plenty. All the 

 ehiefs visited by the Arabs have good substantial square 

 houses built for their accommodation. Mukate never saw a 

 European before, and everything about us is an immense 

 curiosity to him and to his people. We had long visits from 

 him. He tries to extract a laugh out of every remark. He 

 is darker than the generality of Waiyau, with a full beard 

 trained on the chin, as all the people hereabouts have — 

 Arab fashion. The courts of his women cover a large space, 

 our house being on one side of them. I tried to go out 

 that way, but wandered, so the ladies sent a servant to 

 conduct me out in the direction I wished to go, and we 

 found egress by passing through some huts with two doors 

 in them. 



16th September. — At Mukate's. The Prayer Book does 

 not give ignorant persons any idea of an unseen Being 



