Publisher's Synopsis
Book Excerpt: ls attacked bytsetse fly, and by sepoys. Jungle sappers. Meets old enemies.The Makondé. Lake Nangandi. Gum-copal diggings.CHAPTER II.Effect of _Pioneer's_ former visit. The poodle Chitané. Resultof tsetse bites. Death of camels and buffaloes. Disaffection offollowers. Disputed right of ferry. Mazitu raids. An old friend.Severe privations. The River Loendi. Sepoys mutiny. Dr. Roscher.Desolation. Tattooing. Ornamental teeth. Singular custom. Deathof 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 ofChirikaloma's wife. Brutalities of the slave-drivers. Mtarika's.Desperate march to Mtaka's. Meets Arab caravans. Dismay ofslavers. Dismissal of sepoys. Mataka. The Waiyau metropolis.Great hospitality and good feeling. Mataka restores stoleRead More
