have shown.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.

Arrival at Zanzibar. Hearty reception by Said Majid, the sultan.
Murder of Baron van der Decken. The slave-market. Preparations
for starting to the interior. Embarkation in H.M.S. _Penguin_
and dhow. Rovuma Bay impracticable. Disembarks at Mikindany. Joy
at travelling once more. Trouble with sepoys. Camels attacked by
tsetse fly, and by sepoys. Jungle sappers. Meets old enemies.
The Makondé. Lake Nangandi. Gum-copal diggings.

CHAPTER II.

Effect of _Pioneer's_ former visit. The poodle Chitané. Result
of tsetse bites. Death of camels and buffaloes. Disaffection of
followers. Disputed right of ferry. Mazitu raids. An old friend.
Severe privations. The River Loendi. Sepoys mutiny. Dr. Roscher.
Desolation. Tattooing. Ornamental teeth. Singular custom. Death
of the Nassick boy, Richard. A sad reminiscence.

CHAPTER III.

Horrors of the slave-trader's track. System of cultivation.