Mariano's slave- hunting parties stood in great awe of these barbed arrows, and long kept aloof from Tingane's villages.

His people were friendly enough with us now, and covered the banks with a variety of articles for sale.

The majestic mountain, Chipirone, to which we have given the name of Mount Clarendon, now looms in sight, and further to the N.W.the southern end of the grand Milanje range rises in the form of an unfinished sphinx looking down on Lake Shirwa.

The Ruo (16 degrees 31 minutes 0 seconds S.) is said to have its source in the Milanje mountains, and flows to the S.W., to join the Shire some distance above Tingane's.

A short way beyond the Ruo lies the Elephant marsh, or Nyanja Mukulu, which is frequented by vast herds of these animals.