Do you not see Pangola ?" Mbia was just going by at the time with the donkey, and, proud of every opportunity of airing his small stock of English, shouted in reply, "All right! then get on." "Click, click, click." On the 26th June we breakfasted at Zumbo, on the left bank of the Loangwa, near the ruins of some ancient Portuguese houses.

The Loangwa was too deep to be forded, and there were no canoes on our side.

Seeing two small ones on the opposite shore, near a few recently erected huts of two half-castes from Tette, we halted for the ferry-men to come over.
From their movements it was evident that they were in a state of rollicking drunkenness.

Having a waterproof cloak, which could be inflated into a tiny boat, we sent Mantlanyane across in it.

Three half- intoxicated slaves then brought us the shaky canoes, which we lashed together and manned with our own canoe-men.