On the plateau above, large patches were cleared and cultivated.

A man invited us to take a cup of beer; on our complying with his request, the fear previously shown by the bystanders vanished.

Our Mazaro men could hardly understand what they said.

Some of them waded in the river and caught a curious fish in holes in the claybank.

Its ventral fin is peculiar, being unusually large, and of a circular shape, like boys' playthings called "suckers." We were told that this fish is found also in the Zambesi, and is called Chirire.