lds an oil. Shinkondo: a virulent poison;
the Maravi use it in their ordeal, and it is very fatal.
Kanunka utare is said to expel serpents and rats by its
pungent smell, which is not at all disagreeable to man; this
is probably a kind of 'Zanthoxylon', perhaps the Z.
melancantha of Western Africa, as it is used to expel rats and
serpents there. Mussonzoa dyes cloth black. Mussio: the
beans of this also dye black. Kangome, with flowers and fruit
like Mocha coffee; the leaves are much like those of the sloe,
and the seeds are used as coffee or eaten as beans. Kanembe-
embe: the pounded leaves used as an extemporaneous glue for
mending broken vessels. Katunguru is used for killing fish.
Mutavea Nyerere: an active caustic. Mudiacoro: also an
external caustic, and used internally. Kapande: another
ordeal plant, but used to produce 'diaphoresis'. Karumgasura:
also diaphoretic. Munyazi yields an oil, and is one of the
ingredients for curing the wounds of poisoned arrows. Uombue:
a large root employed in killing fish. Kakumate: used in
intermittents. Musheteko: applied to ulcers, and the infusion
also internally in amenorrhoea. Inyakanyanya: this is seen in
small, dark-colored, crooked roots of pleasant aromatic smell
and slightly bitter taste, and is highly extolled in the
treatment of fever; it is found in Manica. Eskinencia: used
in croup and sore-throat. Itaca or Itaka: for diaphoresis in
fever; this root is brought as an article of barter by the
Arabs to Kilimane; the natives purchase it eagerly.
Mukundukundu: a decoction used as a febrifuge in the same way
as quinine; it grows plentifully at Shupanga, and the wood is
used as masts for launches. I may here add the recipe of
Brother Pedro of Zumbo for the cure of poisoned wounds, in
order to show the similarity of practice among the natives of
the Zambesi, from whom, in all probability, he acquired his
knowledge, and the Bushmen of the Kalahari. It consists of
equal parts of the roots of the Calumba, Musheteko, Abutua,
Batatinya, Paregekanto, Itaka, or Kapande, put into a bottle
and covered with common castor-oil. As I have before
observed, I believe the oily ingredient is the effectual one,
and ought to be tried by any one who has the misfortune to get
wounded by a Bushman's or Banyai arrow.

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