The scenery on the lower part of the Rovuma is superior to that on the Zambesi, for we can see the highlands from the sea.

Eight miles from the mouth the mangroves are left behind, and a beautiful range of well-wooded hills on each bank begins.

On these ridges the tree resembling African blackwood, of finer grain than ebony, grows abundantly, and attains a large size.

Few people were seen, and those were of Arab breed, and did not appear to be very well off.

The current of the Rovuma was now as strong as that of the Zambesi, but the volume of water is very much less.
Several of the crossings had barely water enough for our ship, drawing five feet, to pass.