Antelopes, buffaloes, and elephants abound on the steep slopes; and hippopotami, crocodiles, and fish swarm in the water.

Gnus are here unknown, and these animals may live to old age if not beguiled into pitfalls.

The elephants sometimes eat the crops of the natives, and flap their big ears just outside the village stockades.

One got out of our way on to a comparatively level spot, and then stood and roared at us.
Elsewhere they make clear off at sight of man.
The first village we came to on the banks of the Lake had a grove of palm-oil and other trees around it.

This palm tree was not the dwarf species seen on Lake Nyassa.