Chap. XIV. 



PRIMITIVE MILL. 



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brought to bear on the movable stone, and while it is 

 pressed and pushed forwards and backwards, one hand 

 supplies every now and then a little grain to be thus at 

 first bruised and then ground on the lower stone, which is 



Native Mill for grinding Corn. 



placed on the slope, so that the meal, when ground, falls 

 on to a skin or mat spread for the purpose. This is per- 

 haps the most primitive form of mill, and anterior to that 

 in oriental countries, where two women grind at one mill, 

 and may have been that used by Sarah of old when she 

 entertained the Angels. 



On 2nd October we applied to Muazi for guides to 

 take us straight down to Chinsamba's at Mosapo, and thus 

 cut off an angle, which we should otherwise make, by 

 going back to Kota-kota Bay. He replied that his people 

 knew the short way to Chinsamba's that we desired 

 to go, but that they all were afraid to venture there, on 

 account of the Zulus, or Mazitu. We therefore started 

 back on our old route, and, after three hours' march, found 

 some Babisa in a village who promised to lead us to Chin- 

 samba. 



We meet with these keen traders everywhere. They 



