We were completely separated from our men for nearly three days, and had nothing wherewith to purchase food.

The people were sorely pressed by famine and war, and their hospitality, poor as it was, did them great credit, and was most grateful to us.

Our own men had become confused and wandered, but had done their utmost to find us; on our rejoining them, the ox was slain, and all, having been on short commons, rejoiced in this "day of slaughter." Akosanjere was, of course, rewarded to his heart's content.
As we pursued our way, we came close up to a range of mountains, the most prominent peak of which is called Mvai.

This is a great, bare, rounded block of granite shooting up from the rest of the chain.

It and several other masses of rock are of a light grey colour, with white patches, as if of lichens; the sides and summits are generally thinly covered with rather scraggy trees.