. 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 119. British South Africa Company into administrative divisions were completed. The Protectorate was divided into twelve districts, the names of which will be found in the accompanying map, and that portion of the South Africa Company's territory which we were able to administer was divided into the districts of Tanganyika, Chambezi, Mweru and During my absence in South Africa Mr. Sharpe had taken an importa
. 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 119. British South Africa Company into administrative divisions were completed. The Protectorate was divided into twelve districts, the names of which will be found in the accompanying map, and that portion of the South Africa Company's territory which we were able to administer was divided into the districts of Tanganyika, Chambezi, Mweru and During my absence in South Africa Mr. Sharpe had taken an important step towards controlling the Mlanje district, and guarding our south-eastern border from the raids of a very troublesome chief, known as Matipwiri. To check these raids he had founded Fort Lister in the pass between Mounts Mlanje and Michesi. The idea of building a fort at this spot was no new one. It had first occurred to Consul Hawes in 1886, and I had taken up the idea again after my first visit to Mlanje in 1892. After that journey I decided that as soon as we could obtain reinforcements from India, we should build forts to guard the north and south ends of Mlanje Mountain. These forts I subsequently named Fort Lister and Fort Anderson to commemorate the sympathy and assistance I had re- ceived at the hands of Sir Villiers Lister and Sir Percy Anderson of the Foreign Office, in carrying out my projects for the suppression of the slave trade. Captain C. E Johnson commenced the construction of Fort Lister, but although his advent in this country was warmly welcomed by the indigenous A-nyanja chiefs, it was anything but welcome to the Yao slave traders, prominent among whom was the chieftain named Nyaserera seems to have disliked the idea of making an attack in force on the fort as long as it was defended by a white man, but the idea apparently occurred to him to attempt the assassination of Captain Johnson. That, at least, was the belief of most of the native w
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