our right, is called Deza,
and is inhabited by Maravi, who are only another tribe of Manganja. The
paramount chief is called Kabambe, and he, having never been visited by
war, lives in peace and plenty. Goats and sheep thrive; and Nyango, the
chieftainess further to the south, has herds of horned cattle. The
country being elevated is said to be cold, and there are large grassy
plains on it which are destitute of trees. The Maravi are reported to be
brave, and good marksmen with the bow; but, throughout all the country we
have traversed, guns are enabling the trading tribes to overcome the
agricultural and manufacturing classes.

On the ascent at the end of the valley just opposite Mount Mvai, we
looked back for a moment to impress the beauties of the grand vale on our
memory. The heat of the sun was now excessive, and Masiko, thinking that
it was overpowering, proposed to send forward to the ship and get a
hammock, in which to carry any one who might knock up. He was truly kind
and considerate. Dr. Livingstone having fallen asleep after a fatiguing
march, a hole in the roof of the hut he was in allowed the sun to beat on
his head, and caused a splitting headache and deafness: while he was
nearly insensible, he felt Masiko repeatedly lift him back to the bed off
which he had rolled, and cover him up.

On the 24th we were again in Banda, at the village of Chasundu, and could
now see clearly the hot valley in which the Shire flows, and the
mountains of the Manganja beyond to our south-east. Instead of following
the road by which we had come, we resolved to go south along the
Lesungwe, which rises at Zunje, a peak on the same ridge as Mvai, and a
part of Kirk's Range, which bounds the country of the Maravi on our west.
This is about the limit of the beat of the Portuguese native traders, and
it is but recently that, following our footsteps, they have come so far.
It is not likely that their enterprise will lead them further north, for
Chasundu informed us that the Babisa under-sell the agents from Tette. He
had tried to deal with the latter when they first came; but they offered
only ten fathoms of calico for a tusk, for which the Babisa gave him
twenty fathoms and a little powder. Ivory was brought to us for sale
again and again, and, as far as we could judge, the price expected would
be about one yard of calico per pound, or possibly more, for there is no
scale of prices known. The rule seems to be that buyer