AFRICANA. A. KING AND CO., PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. AFRICANA; OR, THE HEART OF HEATHEN AFRICA. BY THE REV. DUFF MACDONALD, M.A., B.D., LATE OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MISSION, BLANTYRE, EAST CENTRAL AFRICA. VOL. II.—MISSION LIFE. “Your vain conversation delivered by tradition from your fathers.” LONDON: SIMPKIN MARSHALL & CO. EDINBURGH: JOHN MENZIES & CO. ABERDEEN: A. BROWN & CO. 1882. [_All rights reserved._] TO H. H. M. THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE GREATEST TRIALS PATIENTLY ENDURED FOR THE GOOD OF AFRICA. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PAGE CHAPTER I.—EARLIER ATTEMPTS TO CHRISTIANISE CENTRAL AFRICA. Portuguese Discoveries. Early Missionaries—Santos, Carli, Merolla. Exploration. Communication between the East Coast and the West, 1-9 CHAPTER II.—THE UNIVERSITIES’ MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA. Livingstone and Slave Caravans. Battle with the Yao. The Missionaries pledge themselves. Native Treachery. Death of Bishop Mackenzie. Departure from Magomero. The Mission Policy condemned. The Field abandoned, 10-17 CHAPTER III.—SCOTCH MISSIONS. The Scottish Churches. Missions at Livingstonia and Blantyre. Relation between the Missions. Threatened War. Part taken by the Europeans, 18-25 CHAPTER IV.—CONTACT WITH SLAVERY. The English Name. Slave Refugees. A Free Native Village. Asylum for the Slave. Civil Jurisdiction. Punishments, 26-37 CHAPTER V.—PIONEER WORK. Difficulties. Industrial Work. Religious Work Colonial Work. Efforts made to find a Clergyman. Unfair Position of Missionaries, 38-48 CHAPTER VI.—QUILIMANE TO BLANTYRE. Traces of early Missions. Detention at Quilimane. Journey to Mazaro. The Zambeze. The Chiri. Hippopotami, Lions, Elephants. The Native Kings, 49-72 CHAPTER VII.—THE MISSION STATION. The Houses. Fever. Artisans. Visitors. Neighbours. Interpreters. School, 73-93 CHAPTER VIII.—FIRST HALF.