The half-caste, who kept Shupanga-house, said he wished to have some to give to the Zulus, of whom he was mortally afraid, and to whom he had to pay an unwilling tribute.
The "Pioneer" made several trips to the Kongone, and returned with the last load on the 12th of June.

On the 23rd the "Lady Nyassa" was safely launched, the work of putting her together having been interrupted by fever and dysentery, and many other causes which it would only weary the reader to narrate in detail.

Natives from all parts of the country came to see the launch, most of them quite certain that, being made of iron, she must go to the bottom as soon as she entered the water.

Earnest discussions had taken place among them with regard to the propriety of using iron for ship-building.

The majority affirmed that it would never answer.