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country between Mtengera and Mlolo’s, a distance of about five miles, is 
poor. The various undulations are covered with trees of small owth, 
the soil is thin and shingly. ear = and about Mlolo’s it is different, 
there being less shingle and more 
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. however, der eriam than submit to онумо wr he left his 
country, and crossed into the British Protectorate. This tep meant to 
himself and his people a severe sacrifice, as bar had to ат their well- 
stocked мю минее; to Portuguese troops, and live for months оп w 
food they could together from among their Manganja friends. 
lolo, being a u hospitably disposed man, “deeply lamented the poverty 
of his position, in that he had not the means of treating me as he would 
wish to have done. 
I presented him with the British flag, greatly to his delight. His 
principal village, у consisted of а hu undred or more huts, was still in 
the embryo stage, and before he could = thoroughly upon the work 
of the field, he had » present an offering to the spirits of UN rig ея 
This took place on my return ene oo three weeks I was 
present and witnessed the ceremony. The headmen and Дреа of the 
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chief himself officiated as priest. He proceeded to transfer the contents 
of a flat sieve filled with flour into the small baskets, letting the flour 
fall gently through his fingers, the while enumerating his wants and 
desives in a kind of chant, while a principal headman at intervals called 
out * Wopa, wopa," which was intended for a strong seconding of 
lolo’s statements, aud was in turn approved of by the elders, who 
unanimously clapped their "d in full assent. 'The next part of the 
ceremony was to adjourn to the banks of the Ruo, where, under a shady 
tree, an altar had been repared. This consisted of a few withes stuck 
pot, again enumerated his wants, and beseeched the spirits of his 
into the receptacle within the je he apum: his prayer as before, 
while the old man at his hand responded М чу, wo - and the. elders 
of the assembly re ig clapped their hands in а solemn amen. 
pot within eoe was now filled, notwithstanding its being perforated, 
and as the precious liquid. дрі from within the sacred precincts, 
several young :cen, who had not tasted their beverage since crossing the 
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