From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . tations of pineapplesand some splendid mango trees. At Nkata Bay, a few miles further upthe coast, a native came and begged us to go and see his master, who wasvery ill. Accordingly we set off in the dark, and found Mr. Broadbridgeof the African Trans-Continental Telegraph down with a severe attack offever; we did what we could for him, and he shortly recovered. After ashort stop at Luawi to pick up wood, we steamed into Florence Bay, andat Miss MacCallums invitation I accompanied her up to the LivingstoneMission at Mou
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . tations of pineapplesand some splendid mango trees. At Nkata Bay, a few miles further upthe coast, a native came and begged us to go and see his master, who wasvery ill. Accordingly we set off in the dark, and found Mr. Broadbridgeof the African Trans-Continental Telegraph down with a severe attack offever; we did what we could for him, and he shortly recovered. After ashort stop at Luawi to pick up wood, we steamed into Florence Bay, andat Miss MacCallums invitation I accompanied her up to the LivingstoneMission at Mount Waller. Mr. Stewart, one of the missionaries, who hasbeen for some time working among the northern Angonis, told me that hehad been investigating the history of the Angonis, who are descendants ofthe Zulus. There were two great treks north of the Zulus in the time ofChaka. One, under Moselikatse, marched to Matabeleland, leaving theancestors of the present Matabele, and then north across the they came into conflict with the Barotse and were driven east,. BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 63 eventually settling in Southern Angoniland of to-day, which lies south-westby west of Lake Nyassa. The other trek marched north through the Sabi district, leaving thepresent Shangaans on their way, and then crossed the Zambesi by theKabrabasa rapids and passed near Lake Rukwa; here the chief died andthe trek split up; one part went north of Tanganyika and settled near thesouth-west of the Victoria Nyanza, where they were re-discovered byStanley; another part marched round the northern shore of Lake Nyassa,and yet another returned south and founded Northern Angoniland ofto-day. Dr. Robert and Mrs. Laws treated me with the greatest hospitality; hetook me round the mission, and showed me the results of their four yearswork since the founding of the station. Dr. Robert Laws was one of thefirst explorers of Nyassaland, and was in no small way responsible for thecheckmating of the Portuguese
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