CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
Departure from England — Arrival at Madeira — Passage thence to the Cape of Good 
Hope — Brief Account of the Society in that Settlement— Improvements introduced 
into the Colony by the English— Mr. Cowan's Mission into the Interior— Accident 
which occurred to detain the Ship— Convoy granted — Departure — Remarks in the 
Mosambique Channel — Excursion in search of Sofala — Arrival at the Island of 
Mosambique-— -Reception there by the Portuguese Governor—Its Harbour, Forts, 
means of defence, &c. — Enquiries after Mr. Cowan's party— Visit to Mesuril on the 
Continent— Excursions from that Place— Description of the Monjou — Remarks relative 
to the Exportation of Slaves — Fidelity of the native Troops— Ferocity of the Makooa ; 
their Incursions into the Peninsula of Cabaceiro — ^Dress — Manners — Habits, &c.— 
Some Account of the Tribes adjacent to Mosambique in Friendship with the Portu- 
guese—Description of Mesuril and its Environs— Manners of the Planters — Peninsula 
of Cabaceiro — Variety of Sea Productions on the Coast. — Return to Mosambique, p. 3 
CHAPTER IL 
Historical Account of the Mosambique Settlements — Ignorance of ancient Geographers 
respecting the Coast— Early Account of it by an Arabian author— Subjection and 
expulsion of the original Settlers, and establishment of the power of the Portuguese-— 
Their attempts to subdue the Interior baffled by the prudence and vigilance of the 
Natives— Attack upon these Settlements in 1589 by tlie Muzimbo, (supposed to be 
Galla) — Failure of every effort to convert the Natives to the Catholic Faith. De- 
scription of the present state of the Settlements on the River Zambezi— Qailimanci 
— Tete— Sena — Manica^ and the Gold Mines— Mode of carrying on Trade with the 
Natives in the Interior- Jurisdiction of the Portuguese along the Coast — The former- 
supposed importance of these Settlements — Their gradually decreasing consequence — 
Their present degraded State. The discouraging prospect from their external con- 
nections—An Account of the Marati or Pirates of Madagascar— The uncommon 
ferocity of this People— Its Excursions against the Comoro and Querimbo Islands- 
Consequences of the English abolition of the Slave Trade on the Commerce of Mosam- 
bique— Its present Trade, &c.— Departure of the Marian for the Red Sea, - p. 55 
