He was prodigiously fat;[27] this is a true African way of showing love--plenty of fat and beer.
Accordingly the chief brought a huge basket of "pombe," the native beer, and another of "nsima," or porridge, and a pot of cooked meat; to these were added a large basket of maize.

So much food had been brought to us, that we had at last to explain that we could not carry it.
[The Doctor states a fact in the next few lines which shows that the Africans readily profit by advice which appeals to their common sense, and we make this observation in full knowledge of similar instances.] Kimsusa says that they felt earthquakes at the place Mponda now occupies, but none where he is now.

He confirms the tradition that the Manganja came from the west or W.N.W.He speaks more rationally about the Deity than some have done, and adds, that it was by following the advice which I gave him the last time I saw him, and not selling his people, that his village is now three times its former size.

He has another village besides, and he was desirous that I should see that too; that was the reason he invited me to come, but the people would come and visit me.
_2nd October, 1866._--Kimsusa made his appearance early with a huge basket of beer, 18 inches high and 15 inches in diameter.

He served it out for a time, taking deep draughts himself, becoming extremely loquacious in consequence.