Much cloth was made in these parts before the Mazitu raids began, it was striped black and white, and many shawls are seen in the country yet.

It is curious that this species of cotton should be found only in the middle of this country.
In going westwards on the upland the country is level and covered with scraggy forest as usual, long lines of low hills or rather ridges of denudation run.

N.and S.on our east.

This is called Moami country, full of elephants, but few are killed.

They do much damage, eating the sorghum in the gardens unmolested.
_11th May, 1867._--A short march to-day brought us to a village on the same Moami, and to avoid a Sunday in the forest we remained.