The people did not seem much alarmed by the presence of the large party which had drawn up on the sandbanks below their dwellings.

There is abundance of large ebony in the neighbourhood.

The pretty little antelope (_Cephalophus caeruleus_), about the size of a hare, seemed to abound, as many of their skins were offered for sale.

Neat figured date-leaf mats of various colours are woven here, the different dyes being obtained from the barks of trees.

Cattle could not live on the banks of the Rovuma on account of the tsetse, which are found from near the mouth, up as far as we could take the boats.