314 QUILLIMANE. Chap. XTI. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Return to the Zambesi — Bishop Mackenzie's grave — Frightful scenes 

 with crocodiles — Death of Mr. Thornton — African poisons — 

 Recall of the Expedition. 



We ryut 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 Quillimane 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 thousands from Quillimane, during the last 

 six years, to the ports a little to the south, particularly to 

 Massangano. Some excellent brick-houses still stand in 

 the place, and the owners are generous and hospitable : 

 among them our good friend, Colonel Nunez. His dis r 

 interested kindness to us and to all our countrymen can 

 never be forgotten. He is a noble example of what energy 

 and uprightness may accomplish even here. He came out 

 as a cabin-boy, and, without a single friend to help him, 



