[10] It will be remembered that this German traveller was murdered
near Lake Nyassa. The native chiefs denounced his assassins, and sent
them to Zanzibar, where they were executed.--ED.

[11] Further westward amongst the Manganja or Nyassa people the Waiyan
tribe is called "Ajawa," and we find Livingstone always speaking of
them as Ajawas in his previous explorations on the River Rovuma. (See
'The Zambesi and its Tributaries.')--ED.




CHAPTER III.

Horrors of the slave-trader's track. System of cultivation.
Pottery. Special exorcising. Death of the last mule. Rescue of
Chirikaloma's wife. Brutalities of the slave-drivers. Mtarika's.
Desperate march to Mtaka's. Meets Arab caravans. Dismay of
slavers. Dismissal of sepoys. Mataka. The Waiyan metropolis.
Great hospitality and good feeling. Mataka restores stolen
cattle. Life with the chief. Beauty of country and healthiness
of climate. The Waiyan people and their peculiarities. Regrets
at the abandonment of Bishop Mackenzie's plans.

_19th June, 1866._--We passed a woman tied by the neck to a tree and
dead, the people of the country explained that she had been unable to
keep up with the other slaves in a gang, and her master had determined
that she should not become the property of anyone else if she
recovered after resting for a time. I may mention here that we saw
others tied up in a similar manner, and one lying in the path shot or