. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 92 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA my men, and quantities of provisions of all kinds were sent in for our sustenance. After a day's rest I had a long conversation with Jumbe, to whom I exposed frankly the whole political situation. As soon as I had quitted the Shire River I had felt free to take open political action, as after my stay in Lisbon there had been a tacit understanding between the Portuguese and ourselves that although the Shire province an
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 92 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA my men, and quantities of provisions of all kinds were sent in for our sustenance. After a day's rest I had a long conversation with Jumbe, to whom I exposed frankly the whole political situation. As soon as I had quitted the Shire River I had felt free to take open political action, as after my stay in Lisbon there had been a tacit understanding between the Portuguese and ourselves that although the Shire province and a portion of the east coast of Lake Nyasa were territories not to be seized by either Power without arrangement, the west coast of Lake Nyasa was admittedly open to British enterprise. I therefore advised Jumbe, who was now practi- cally recognised by the Sultan of Zanzibar as an independent Prince, to place his country under British protection, and to mobilise a sufficient number of his men to compel the North Nyasa Arabs to agree to make terms of peace; and in the event of their not so agreeing to place this force at my disposal for their coercion. Jumbe, in return for all these services, was to receive a subsidy of ^200 per annum. The slave trade was to be declared at an end in his dominions. After one day's deliberation with his head men, Jumbe assented to my propositions. Treaties and agreements were signed, the British flag was hoisted, and the first portion of British Central Africa was secured. I should then have been picked up by the Ilala and conveyed to the north, but unfortunately the Ilala, unknown to me, had been wrecked in a storm, and she did not resume her voyages on the lake for several years after- wards. Meantime I waited on and on at Jumbe's, treated by that chief with unwearied hospitality, though I used up almost all his stock of candles, and consumed all his supplies of tinned fruits. The only thing I could offer him in return for all his hospitality w
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