VISIT TO NYAMOANA. 
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next timo you pass I shall send men with you to trado fen 
mo m Loanda.” When I explained tho use made of th« 
slaves ho sold, and that he was just destroying his own 
tribe by soiling his people, and enlarging that of tho Man» 
bari for tho sako of these small pieces of cloth, it soomod tc 
him quito a now idea. 
Wo parted on tho best possiblo terms with our friend 
Shinto, and proceeded by our former path to tho villago of 
his sister Nyamoana, who is now a widow. She rocoived us 
with much apparent feeling, and said, “Wo had romovod 
from our former abode to tho place whore you found us, 
and had no idoa then that it was tho spot whore my hus- 
band was to die.” She had come to tho river Lofujo, as 
they never remain in a placo whoro death has onco visited 
them. Wo recoivod tho loan of fivo small canoes from her, 
and also one of those wo had loft hero before, to proceed 
down tho Leoba. 
Having despatched a message to our old friend Manenko, 
wo waited a day opposite hor villago, which was about 
fifteen miles from tho river. Hor husband was instantly 
despatched to moot us with liberal presents of food, she 
being unablo to travel in eonsoquonco of a burn on tho 
foot. Sambanza gave us a detailed account of tho political 
affairs of tho country, and of Kolimbota’s evil doings. 
A short distanco below tho confluence of the Leoba and 
Leeambye wo met a number of hunters belonging to the 
tribe called Mambowe, who livo under Masiko. Thoy had 
dried flesh of hippopotami, buffaloes, and alligators. Thi* 
party had been sont by Masiko to tho Makololo for aid to 
repel their onemy, but, afraid to go thither, had spent the 
timo in hunting. Thoy have a dread of tho Makololo, and 
henco tho joy thoy expressed when poaco was proclaimed.* 
* The Maaiko were terrible warriors, but the atrocities committed fcf 
them in war will hardly bear comparison with those committed oren in 
time of peace by the Zulus (Zooloos) under Chaka. Here is a gpeci®«° 
giren by Captain Harris: — “ Cmnante, the queen-mother, died, » n< ! 
or cry subject in the realm was expected to proceed, according to e»t* 
