Chap. VIII. 



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by working the loose covering of the tops up and down 

 by means of a small piece of wood attached to their 

 centres. The blacksmith said that tin was obtained from 



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Bellows and other Tools. 



a people in the north, called Marendi, and that he had 

 made it into bracelets ; we had never heard before of tin 

 being found in the country. 



Our course then lay down the bed of a rivulet, called 

 Mapatizia, in which there was much calc spar, with calca- 

 reous schist, and then the Tette grey sandstone, which 

 usually overlies coal. On the 6th we arrived at the islet 

 Chilombe, belonging to Sinamane, where the Zambesi 

 runs broad and smooth again, and were well received 

 by Sinamane himself. Never was Sunday more welcome 

 to the weary than this, the last we were to spend with 

 our convoy. 



We now saw many good-looking young men and 

 women. The dresses of the ladies are identical with those 

 of Nubian women in Upper Egypt. To a belt on the 



