Zambezia : a General Description of the Valley of the Zambezi River
4- J m f(f*if>)7" R.C.F. MAUGHAM a^axmll Mttiocraitg ffiihtarg 3t^ata, Jfctt gnrh BOUGHT WrTH THE JNCOME OF THE FISKE ENDOWMENT FUND THE BEQUEST OF WILLARD FISKE UIBRARIAN OF THE UNIVERSITY 1868.;6B3 1905 Cornell University Library DT 465.Z2M44 Zambezia : 3 1924 028 621 641 Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028621641 ZAMBEZIA HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR ALFREDO AUGUSTO FREIRE D*ANDRADE, E.E., Governor -General of Portuguese E;i.5t Africa. [Frontispiece ZAMBEZI A A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VALLEY OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER, FROM ITS DELTA TO THE RIVER AROANGWA, WITH ITS HISTORY, AGRI- CULTURE, FLORA, FAUNA, AND ETHNOGRAPHY BY R. C. F. MAUGHAM H.B.M. CONSUL FOR PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA AUTHOR OF " PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA," " A HANDBOOK OF CHI-MAKUA," AND OTHER WRITINGS WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1910 PRINTED BY HAZELL, WAIBOK AKD TINUT, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBUBT, XTo HIS MOST FAITHFUL MAJESTY DOM MANOEL II KING OF PORTUGAL IN PEOFOUND ADMIRATION OF THOSE PORTIONS OF THE SPLENDID DEPENDENCY OP PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA WHICH THE FOLLOWING PAGES BUT DIMLY DESCRIBE BY HIS majesty's MOST GRACIOUSLY EXPRESSED PERMISSION THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED PREFACE The task of writing some account of the Portuguese section of the River Zambezi is one which I first proposed to myself some years ago, and although the work has, for a variety of reasons, progressed but slowly, I have found it much more of a pleasure than a toil, and must confess to having completed the final chapter with a feeling akin to one of regret.
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