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12 be on the Rovuma, having suffered severe losses in their attacks upon some of the more powerful Yao chieftains. A great stretch of country on the road to the Nyassa is now a wilderness.

As a starting-point on the road to the lakes, the caravans usually cross to Bagamoyo for Ujiji, and go down to Kilwa for the Nyassa. Bagamoyo is occupied by an extensive settlement under the care of a French Roman Catholic Mission, which has also houses in Zanzibar itself. At a short distance to the south lies Dari Salaam, which the Sultan of Zanzibar's predecessor intended to make the starting-point for all caravans going into or coming from any part of the interior. From Dari Salaam to Kilwa the coast is little known, and is reputed to be very unhealthy. South of Kilwa there are many good harbours, the coast is often hilly, and there are many convenient landing-places. I have always myself thought of Lindy (south latitude 10°) as one that might well be chosen. The farther south one goes, the shorter the land journey to the Lake Nyassa becomes. In contemplation of Mission work in this direction we have collected a vocabulary of the Yao language, and hope some day to be allowed to use the very complete dictionary of the Nyassa language, compiled by the Rev. John Rebmann of Kisulutini, near Mombas, which now only exists in a jealously-guarded MS.

I don't see any reason why stations should not at once be planted among the Zegulas, the Zagaras,