. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. *34 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA in their flight and captured by Captain Cavendish. Subsequently both Matip- wiri and Kumtiramanja were taken prisoners by Lieut. Coape-Smith. A fort was built in their country and Matipwiri's former subjects settled down very contentedly under our rule, and the country has since been perfectly peaceful. This settlement was rendered all the easier because Matipwiri, like most of the Yao chiefs, was a usurper, and not
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. *34 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA in their flight and captured by Captain Cavendish. Subsequently both Matip- wiri and Kumtiramanja were taken prisoners by Lieut. Coape-Smith. A fort was built in their country and Matipwiri's former subjects settled down very contentedly under our rule, and the country has since been perfectly peaceful. This settlement was rendered all the easier because Matipwiri, like most of the Yao chiefs, was a usurper, and not a native of the district in which he had established himself. Many of his subjects belonged to the A-lolo stock and spoke a language akin to Makua. From the hills in Matipwiri's country we were able to look out eastwards over a most wonderful country hitherto untraversed by an)' white man, but within the Portuguese Sphere of Influence. We could see splendid ranges of mountains almost as high as Mlanje — that is to say, reaching in parts to an altitude of 8,000 feet. When the interior of Portuguese East Africa is opened up this A-lolo country should become a great resort of European planters, as it is very fertile and admirably well watered. In the Matipwiri expedition we had for the first time tried our new military organisation, especially in regard to the Native levies, and we were greatly en- couraged by the results and proceeded with some confidence on the expedition against Zarafi. This expedition was brought to a completely successful result after a week's fighting in which we lost our best Sikh non-commissioned officer. The heights of Mangoche Mountain were successfully taken by storm, the lost 7 - pounder cannon was recovered, and Zarafi fled far to the eastward into Portuguese East Africa, where of course we were unable to follow him. A fort was planned on the site of Zarafi's town, and was subsequently built by Lieut. Alston. We then proceeded to try conclusions wit
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