CONTENTS. 



INTKODUCTION. 



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Objects of the Expedition. Peesonal interest shown by 

 Naval Authorities. Members of the Zambesi 

 Expedition 1 



CHAPTER I. 



Arrival at the Zambesi. Rebel warfare. Wild animals. 

 Shupanga. Hippopotamus hunters. The Makololo. 

 Crocodiles 



CHAPTER II. 



Kebrabasa rapids. Tette. African fever. Exploration 



of the River Shire. Discovery of Lake Shirwa 36 



CHAPTER III. 



The steamer in dlfficulties. Elephant hunting. Arrival 

 at Chtbisa's. Search for Lake Nyassa. The Manganja 

 country. Weavers and smelters. Lake Pamalombe ... 63 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Upper Shire. Discovery of Lake Nyassa. Distressing 

 exploration. return to zambesi. unpleasant visitors. 

 Start for Sekeletu's. Country ln the interior ... 89 



OHAPTER V. 



Magnificent scenery. Method of marching. Hippopotamus 

 killed. Lions and buffalo. Sequasha the ivory- 

 trader 119 



CHAPTER VI. 



Illness. The honey-guide. Abundance of game. The 



Baenda pezi. The Batoka nation 146 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Victoria Falls of the Zambesi. Marvellous grandeur 

 of the cataracts. The Makololo's town. The Chief 

 Sekeletu 173 



