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objects in view. The London Missionary Society has resolved 
to have a station among the Makololo on the north bank, and 
another on the south among the Matebele. The Clirnnh—Wes¬ 
leyan, Baptist, and that most energetic body, the Free Church— 
could each find desirable locations among the Batoka and adja¬ 
cent tribes. The country is so extensive there is no fear of 
claslnng. All classes of Christians find that sectarian rancour soon 
dies out when they are working together among and for the real 
heathen. Only let the healthy locality be searched for, and fixed 
upon, and then there will be free scope to work in the same 
cause in various directions, without that loss of men which the 
system of missions on the unhealthy coasts entails. While 
respectfully submitting the plan to these influential societies, I 
can positively state that, when fairly in the interior, there is per¬ 
fect security for life and property among a people who will at 
least listen and reason. 
Eight of my men begged to be allowed to come as far as Kili- 
mane, and, thinking that they would there see the ocean, I 
consented to their coming, though the food was so scarce in 
consequence of a dearth, that they were compelled to suffer some 
hunger. They would fain have come further; for when Sekeletu 
parted with them, his orders were that none of them should turn 
until they had reached Ma Bobert and brought her back with 
them. On my explaining the difficulty of crossing the sea, he 
said, Wherever you lead, they must follow.” As I did not 
know well how I should get home myself, I advised them to go 
back to Tete, where food was abundant, and there await my 
return, I bought a quantity of calico and brass wire with ten 
of the smaller tusks which we had in our charge, and sent the 
former back as clotliing to those who remained at Tete, As 
there were still twenty tusks left, I deposited them with Colonel 
Nunes, that, in the event of anything happening to prevent 
my return, the impression might not be produced in the country, 
that I had made away with Sekeletu’s ivory. I instructed 
Colonel Nunes, in case of my death, to sell the tusks and deliver 
the proceeds to my men; but I intended, if my life should be 
prolonged, to purchase the goods ordered by Sekeletu in Eng¬ 
land with my own money, and pay myself on my return out of 
the price of the ivory, Tliis I explained to the men fully, and 
