. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. FOUNDING THE PROTECTORATE 87 been the aggressors, and had raided some of his villages. His attack, however, was completely repulsed by the Portuguese, who inflicted upon him a very sanguinary defeat. Up to this point Major Serpa Pinto had not crossed the hypothetical boundary of English and Portuguese interests, which had been once or twice mentioned to be the River Ruo, and a line—more or less parallel with the confluence of the Ruo—drawn wes
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. FOUNDING THE PROTECTORATE 87 been the aggressors, and had raided some of his villages. His attack, however, was completely repulsed by the Portuguese, who inflicted upon him a very sanguinary defeat. Up to this point Major Serpa Pinto had not crossed the hypothetical boundary of English and Portuguese interests, which had been once or twice mentioned to be the River Ruo, and a line—more or less parallel with the confluence of the Ruo—drawn westward across the Shire. So far as I am aware Major Serpa Pinto never crossed this line, but when brought face to face with the question of doing so, and thereby bringing the Portuguese Government into almost open conflict with the British, he left the expedition. MASEA AND MWITU, TWO 01 LIVINGSTONES MAKOLOLO under the charge of Lieut. Coutinho, and proceeded to Mozambique for further In his absence, however, Lieut. Coutinho, whose attitude towards Major Serpa Pinto may be described in Lady Macbeth's lines— " Infirm of purpose ! Give me the dagger ! ' resolved to conquer the Shire province, and meet English remonstrances with a. fait accompli. Hitherto all the other Makololo chiefs had followed my advice, and had not joined Mlauri in attacking the Portuguese. Mlauri's action was quite isolated, but Lieut. Coutinho had established a camp on the other side of the River Ruo, facing Chiromo. The two young Chiromo chiefs were careful to s^ive no cause of offence to Lieut. Coutinho, who suddenly crossed the Ruo and seized Chiromo. The Makololo withdrew before him, and he destroyed their village and erected very strong fortifications on the small spit of land, 1 Arriving there December 25, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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