. Africana; or, The heart of heathen Africa. ling of African namesdiffers from what is sometimes seen in English books, I had a attention was directed to the subject in the following manner :—One day I spent a long time in setting down the derivations of severalAfrican names. To my great annoyance, I felt that in many cases Iwas busying myself about words which no African native had everheard ! Hence, although sometimes complying with use and wont, Ihave often given what I think the more correct spelling. The Portu-guese are more fortunate in spelling native names than English writer
. Africana; or, The heart of heathen Africa. ling of African namesdiffers from what is sometimes seen in English books, I had a attention was directed to the subject in the following manner :—One day I spent a long time in setting down the derivations of severalAfrican names. To my great annoyance, I felt that in many cases Iwas busying myself about words which no African native had everheard ! Hence, although sometimes complying with use and wont, Ihave often given what I think the more correct spelling. The Portu-guese are more fortunate in spelling native names than English writersare. Only when a man like Luther could gpell his own name in fourdifferent ways (Luther, Ludher, Lutrfcer, Lother), people that are notetymologists or phonographers, may excuse some laxity in writingAfrican words. 64 QUILIMANE TO BLANTYRE. toid US that seidlitz powders required to be labelled* poison as otherwise they disappeared like magic. Along the Chiri we saw many hippopotami and cro-codiles. The former are hunted by the natives for. NATIVES CUTTING UP A HIIPOFOTAMCS FCR FOOD. their flesh, the latter are killed on account of theirvenomous character. When any of these creaturesappeared, the men were very anxious that I should fireon them, and as we never slept soundly at night, theshootinor was an agreeable excitement which revived U3for the day. One hippopotamus came against our boatwith all its might, and gave us a shock which wouldhave certainly upset a smaller craft. After passing, itlooked back as if to see how much damao;e it had times we had much conversation with the boys .They formed a singing class, and made rapid progress. ATTACKED BY LIONS. 65 There were with us, Bismarck, Armasao, Lasertha, andEondao. Bismarck was the philosopher of the boatmen have a habit of whistling for wind, andhe explained it thus, When you have a friend faraway, you call on him when you wish him to come .But notwithstanding their whistling, the wind wasoften slow in
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