akonde. Lake Nangandi. Gum-copal diggings.

CHAPTER II.

Effect of _Pioneer's_ former visit. The poodle Chitane. Result
of tsetse bites. Death of camels and buffaloes. Disaffection of
followers. Disputed right of ferry. Mazitu raids. An old friend.
Severe privations. The River Loendi. Sepoys mutiny. Dr. Roscher.
Desolation. Tattooing. Ornamental teeth. Singular custom. Death
of the Nassick boy, Richard. A sad reminiscence.

CHAPTER III.

Horrors of the slave-trader's track. System of cultivation.
Pottery. Special exorcising. Death of the last mule. Rescue of
Chirikaloma's wife. Brutalities of the slave-drivers. Mtarika's.
Desperate march to Mtaka's. Meets Arab caravans. Dismay of
slavers. Dismissal of sepoys. Mataka. The Waiyau metropolis.
Great hospitality and good feeling. Mataka restores stolen
cattle. Life with the chief. Beauty of country and healthiness
of climate. The Waiyau people and their peculiarities. Regrets
at the abandonment of Bishop Mackenzie's plans.

CHAPTER IV.

Geology and description of the Waiyau land. Leaves Mataka's. The
Nyumbo plant. Native iron-foundry. Blacksmiths. Makes for the
Lake Nyassa. Delight at seeing the Lake once more. The Manganja
or Nyassa tribe. Arab slave crossing. Unable to procure passage
across. The Kungu fly. Fear of the English amongst slavers. Lake
shore. Blue ink. Chitane changes colour. The Nsaka fish.
Makalaose drinks beer. The Sanjika fish. London antiquities.
Lake rivers. Mukate's. Lake Pamalombe. Mponda's. A slave gang.
Wikatani discovers his relatives and remains.

CHAPTER V.

Crosses Cape Maclear. The havildar demoralised. The discomfited
chief. Reaches Marenga's town. The earth-sponge. Description of
Marenga's town. Rumours of Mazitu. Musa and the Johanna men
desert. Reaches Kimsusa's. His delight at seeing the Doctor once
more. The fat ram. Kimsusa relates his experience of
Livingstone's advice. Chuma finds relatives. Kimsusa solves the
transport difficulty nobly. Another old fishing acquaintance.
Description of the people and country on the west of the Lake.
The Kanthundas. Kauma. Iron-smelting. An African Sir Colin
Campbell. Milandos.

CHAPTER VI.

Progress northwards. An African forest. Destruction by Mazitu.
Native salutations. A disagreeable chief. On the watershed
between the Lake and the Loangwa