y a connecting link, such as is so often seen in Africa,
and neither its flow nor stoppage affects the river of Kilimane. The
waters of the Pangazi were quite clear compared with those of the
Zambesi.*

* I owe the following information, of a much later date, also
to the politeness of Captain Washington. H. M. sloop
"Grecian" visited the coast in 1852-3, and the master remarks
that "the entrance to the Luabo is in lat. 18d 51' S., long.
36d 12' E., and may be known by a range of hummocks on its
eastern side, and very low land to the S.W. The entrance is
narrow, and, as with all the rivers on this coast, is fronted
by a bar, which renders the navigation, particularly for
boats, very dangerous with the wind to the south of east or
west. Our boats proceeded twenty miles up this river, 2
fathoms on the bar, then 2-1/2--5--6--7 fathoms. It was
navigable farther up, but they did not proceed. It is quite
possible for a moderate-sized vessel to cross the bar at
spring tides, and be perfectly landlocked and hidden among the
trees.

"The Maiudo, in 18d 52' S., 36d 12' E., IS NOT MENTIONED IN
HORSBURGH, NOR LAID DOWN IN THE ADMIRALTY CHART, but is,
nevertheless, one of some importance, and appears to be one of
the principal stations for shipping slaves, as the boats found
two barracoons, about 20 miles up, bearing every indication of
having been very recently occupied, and which had good
presumptive evidence that the 'Cauraigo', a brig under
American colors, had embarked a cargo from thence but a short
time before. The river is fronted by a portion of the
Elephant Shoals, at the distance of three or four miles
outside. The eastern bank is formed by level sea-cliffs (as
seen from the ship it has that appearance), high for this part
of the coast, and conspicuous. The western side is composed of
thick trees, and terminates in dead wood, from which we called
it 'Dead-wood Point'. After crossing the bar it branches off
in a W. and N.W. direction, the latter being the principal
arm, up which the boats went some 30 miles, or about 10 beyond
the barracoon. Fresh water can be obtained almost immediately
inside the entrance, as the stream runs down very rapidly with
the ebb tide. The least water crossing the bar (low-water--
springs) was 1-1/2 fathom, one cast only therefrom from 2 to 5
fathoms, another 7 fathoms nearl