A SCANTILY CLOTHED PEOPLE. 
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their own country south and settled there. The Makoa are 
known by a sear on their foreheads in the shape of a new 
moon with the horns turned down. They possess all the 
land west of Mozambique, and will not allow any Portu- 
guese to pass into it more than two hours from a fort. The 
Makoa chief, Matingula, was hospitable and communicative. 
His people preferred a plain cloth, with which they were 
acquainted, to one with gaudy patterns on it. They collect 
honey by putting hives upon the trees. A few miles west 
of the Makoa of Matingula the party again met the Ma- 
konde, but now of good repute. The men were very black, 
and wore but little clothing. A young woman brought a 
canoe full of girls to see the party ; she managed her canoe 
most dexterously. She wore an ornament on the 6ide of 
her head made of red beads, a neck-lace of beads of various 
colors ; two brass bracelets on her left arm, and about a 
farthing’s worth of cloth, where cloth is cheapest. 
When, according to their measurement, the party had 
ascended 156 miles, their further progress was arrested by 
the narrowness and rocky character of the channel. The 
party came to a halt just below the island of Nyamatolo, 
long. 38 3 36' E., and lat. 11° 53' S. The Rovuma is re- 
markable for the high lands that flank it for about eighty 
miles from the sea. Its cataracts are found only in the 
level parts, with hills only in the distance, while those of 
other rivers occur in the mountains. Two days, or thirty 
miles beyond where the party turned back, the Rovnma is 
joined by the Lienda, which coming from the south-w’est, 
rises in the mountains on the east side of Nyassa. The 
Rovuma itself comes from the AV. N. W., and after passing 
the junction of the Lienda at Ngomano, or “ meeting 
place,” the river is found to be narrow, and the people 
Ajawa. The Nyamatolo people have an abundance of food, 
and cultivate the ground extensively. Their homes are in 
the woods, the island being simply their summer residence. 
Boabab trees on the Rovnma, though smaller than those 
on the Zambesi, bear fruit more fban tr. ice as large. The 
