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half-caste Portuguese in ono of thoso tribes, and tho father 
had tried in vain to get him from tho mother’s parents. 
Wo saw several things to confirm tho impression of the 
higher position which womon hold hero ; and, being anxioiu 
to discover if I wero not mistaken, when wo camo among 
tho Portuguese 1 inquired of them, and was told that they 
had ascertained tho samo thing ; and that, if they wishod 
a man to perform any service for them, he would reply, 
“Well, 1 shall go and ask my wife.” If sho consented, ho 
would go and perform his duty faithfully; but no amount 
of coaxing or bribery would induco him to do it if she 
refused. Tho Portuguese praised tho appearanco of tho 
Banyai; and they certainly' are a lino race. 
Wo got on better with Nyakoba than wo cxpcctod. He 
has been so much affected by tho sesenda that ho is quito 
dccropit, and requires to be fed. I at once showed his 
messenger that wo had nothing whatover to give. Nya- 
koba was offondod with him for not believing mo, and ho 
immediately sent a basket of maize and another of corn, 
saying that he bolioved my statement, and would sond 
men with me to Tete who would not load mo to any other 
village. 
The birds hero sing very sweetly,' and I thought I hoard 
tho canary, as in Londa. Wo had a heavy shower of rain; 
and I obsorved that tho thormometor sank 14° in ono hour 
afterward. From tho boginning of February wo expe- 
rienced a sensiblo diminution of tomporaturo. In January 
tho lowest wa» 7b', and that at sunriso; tho avorago at 
tho Bamo hour (sunriso) boing 79° ; at 3 r.M., 90°; and at 
sunset, 82°. In February it fell as low as 70° in tho course 
ol tho night, and tho avorago height was 88°. Only once did 
it riso to 94°, and a thundor-storm followed this ; yet tho 
sensation of heat was groator now than it had boon at 
much higher tomporaturos on moro olovatod lands. 
Wo passod sovoral villages by going roundabout ways 
through tho forost. Wo saw tho remains of a lion that had 
been killed by a buffalo, and tho horns of a putokwane. 
