This opened the market, and crowds came with fowls and meal, far beyond our wants.

The women are as ugly as those on Lake Nyassa, for who can be handsome wearing the pelele, or upper-lip ring, of large dimensions?
We were once surprised to see young men wearing the pelele, and were told that in the tribe of the Mabiha, on the south bank, men as well as women wore them.
Along the left bank, above Kichokomane, is an exceedingly fertile plain, nearly two miles broad, and studded with a number of deserted villages.
The inhabitants were living in temporary huts on low naked sandbanks; and we found this to be the case as far as we went.

They leave most of their property and food behind, because they are not afraid of these being stolen, but only fear being stolen themselves.

The great slave-route from Nyassa to Kilwa passes to N.E.from S.W., just beyond them; and it is dangerous to remain in their villages at this time of year, when the kidnappers are abroad.

In one of the temporary villages, we saw, in passing, two human heads lying on the ground.