The banks of the Lake were now crowded with fugitives, who had collected there for the poor protection which the reeds afforded.

For miles along the water's edge was one continuous village of temporary huts.

The people had brought a little corn with them; but they said, "What shall we eat when that is done?
When we plant corn, the wild beasts (Zinyama, as they call the Mazitu) come and take it.

When we plant cassava, they do the same.

How are we to live ?" A poor blind woman, thinking we were Mazitu, rushed off in front of us with outspread arms, lifting the feet high, in the manner peculiar to those who have lost their sight, and jumped into the reeds of a stream for safety.
In our way along the shores we crossed several running rivulets of clear cold water, which, from having reeds at their confluences, had not been noticed in our previous exploration in the boat.