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mountainous, and is supposed to lie at a great elevation 
above the sea, the weather at times being unusually cold for 
the latitude in which it is situated. Frequent storms of 
thunder and lightning occur, which are attributed by the 
Portuguese to the immense quantity of metallic substances 
with which the country abounds. ‘The trade is here carried. 
on by barter, and the goods most valued are Surat cloths, 
beads, coarse silks, and iron; and the returns, besides gold, 
consist of ivory, ghee, and a small quantity of copper.” 
_ Manica is principally watered by a branch of the Zam- 
bezi, the Manzora, or Arvanha River, which has several 
tributaries, the most westerly of which, the Mocaras, rises 
in Mount Fura, lying somewhere between lat. 18° and 19°, 
and long. 30°. This great mountain is said to be so abun- 
dant in the precious metal, that some have affirmed it to be 
the ancient “Ophir” of Solomon. Be that as it may, it is 
evident from the hewn stones found upon it, which tradition 
declares to have been formerly piled upon each other with 
great art, that it was at some remote period frequented and 
tenanted by tribes more powerful and skilful than the pre- 
sent inhabitants. The River which flows from it carries 
down its course sand mixed with gold. Tete is about 
sixty leagues farther up the river; and about half-way be- 
tween it and Sena, is the pass of Lupata, where the stream is 
so contracted that a child may throw a stone across. ‘The 
garrison consists of ninety-four regulars. Fifty leagues south- 
west of Tete are the ruins of Dambarrari, the former site of 
a fair, and once a large and flourishing town, where is still 
standing the steeple of the church, and even the clock in it. 
A month’s journey from Tete brings the trader to Zum- 
boo fair. From Tete down the river to the sea is a con- 
tinuous navigation; but from the former place to Zumboo, 
the first fifteen days has to be performed overland, in conse- 
quence of great falls in the river) to Chicova, the reputed 
