XIV. (1) Boys digging out field-mice, } ” 120 (2) Caught, } (3) Roasting, } (4) Eating, } XV. (1) Boy extracting jigger from a companion’s } ” 122 foot, } (2) Herd-boys cooking their midday meal, } XVI. Women pounding maize in Yao village, ” 135 XVII. Two men eating, ” 137 XVIII. Gang of Angoni at Mandala, ” 138 XIX. Nguru hut, ” 139 XX. Grinding snuff, ” 178 XXI. Women weeding maize-garden, ” 181 XXII. Women carrying baskets of maize, ” 185 XXIII. Boy with bow, ” 187 XXIV. Canoes at Liwonde’s, ” 194 XXV. (1) Mat-making, } ” 196 (2) Native loom, } XXVI. Making _mtanga_ basket, ” 198 XXVII. Boy with crate of fowls, ” 199 XXVIII. Knives and ‘Angoni handkerchief,’ ” 203 XXIX. The ‘Dancing-man,’ ” 221 XXX. Musical instruments, ” 222 XXXI. Preparing for the dance, ” 226 XXXII. Angoni warriors, ” 278 THE NATIVES OF BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Geography. Botany: bush-fire. Climate. Fauna: beasts, birds, fish, insects. When you steam up the Shiré, you pass on the first, second, or some subsequent day (according to the state of the river and the capabilities of your craft), after turning out of the Zambezi at Chimwara, a tree on the western bank. This tree bears a notice-board which marks the beginning of the British Central Africa Protectorate.